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Nefundusaurus
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Name:
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Nefundusaurus accerbus
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Abilities and Weapons:
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fangs, teeths, armor, claws
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Occupation:
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Pursuit macropredator
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Home:
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Skull Island
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First Appearance:
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"The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island" (from 2005)
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Diet:
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Carnivore
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Size:
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Length: 4.8-7.3 meters
Weight Estimated: 2.5 tons |
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Status:
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Unknown. Presumably rescued by expeditions.
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The Nefundusaurus (Nefundusaurus accerbus, meaning "Troublesome abominable-lizard") is a large, dangerous, blue prestosuchid from the coasts (including the eastern estuary) of Skull Island. It measures 16-24 feet long (4.8-7.3 meters).
Facts[]
Stalking the shoreline of Skull Island is a brutish quadrupedal heavyweight with a taste for flesh. Nefundusaurus is not a dinosaur but an ancient archosaur (a group that predates dinosaurs, as early as the Early Triassic). Its huge olfactory canal affords the animal an acute sense of smell. The majority of its diet is decaying fish or other tide-stranded carrion, which the Nefundusaurus is led to by ribbons of rot wafting to its nostrils on the breeze.
Nefundusaurus uses its size to also steal meals from smaller carnivores, including the coastal crocodilian Dirusuchus, through intimidation and brute force. With powerful jaws, they are capable of wolfing down carcasses whole. Even robust shellfish and testudines can be cracked and swallowed, digested later in the predator’s incredibly acidic stomach. Live prey is taken when it can be caught. Fat-rich Skull Island Fur Seals and Humans are ambushed from behind cover on the rocky shore.
Trivia[]
- With the sheer amount of coastal predators, the Nefundusaurus would have most likely faced immense competition from similarly-built Aciedactylus and Tartarusaurus.
- Nefundusaurus is one of many theropod concept designs meant for King Kong that was eventually scrapped due to the large amount of similar looking theropod carnivores in the film. It would later be canonized in the The World of Kong book.
- Like all animals from Skull Island. It is unknown what they faced during the sinking of the island. Given the multiple expeditions, there may be a chance that a few surviving populations was saved off-land to a more stable enclosure.