FREQUENCY: Uncommon
FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Tropical Wilderness Forest], [Tropical Wilderness Plains])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Wilderness Desert])
NO. APPEARING: 1-3
ARMOR CLASS: 5
MOVE: 18”
HIT DICE: 10
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 ~ 10
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-3/1-3/3-18
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Non-
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L (20' long 9' tall)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VI | 900 + 14

SAVES: (8)11.12.13.13.14

A fierce carnivore found mainly on triassic plains, the teratosaurus runs
nimbly after any creature which appears to be eatable. They will hunt only
on dry land -plains || forest.

Man in the Funny Hat wrote: We know more about the true nature of dinosaurs including the NON-existence of the brontosaurus.
rabbi wrote: Non- existence? This is worse then finding out that Pluto is no longer a planet.
Nagora wrote: There was just a clash of names. Something else (something microscopic, I think) had already been given the name for some bizarre reason and so Brontosaurus became Apatosaurus - a change reflected in the MM, in fact. So relax, it still existed.

They had the wrong skull. The skull of Apatosaurus is slender like the skull of Diploducus, a related genus. What was called "Brontosaurus" was part of an Apatasaur with the head of a Camarasaur, so the type name is invalid according to the Linnaean System. The same thing happened with Teratosaurus: it was a mish-mash of dinosaur and thecodont bones.

- Elfdart, dragonsfoot.

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