Rhedosaurus



Length: 100 feet (estimated) Weight: 10,000 tons (estimated) Regular Abilities: Blood contains diseases from it's time period that are toxic to humans Special Abilities: Underwater and cold adaption

Rhedosaurus is the scientific name of the carnioerous man-eating dinosaur from the monster film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The Rhedosaurus in the film was one of the last surviving members of its species, awakened by a nuclear test in the Arctic. It made its way down the North American coast, destroying everything in its path and ending up in New York, its original home. Attempts to kill it were complicated by an ancient disease it carried; spilling its blood freed the plague, which was almost as deadly as the dinosaur itself. The Rhedosaurus was eventually killed at Coney Island when a radioactive isotope was shot into a wound on its neck, both fatally wounding it and also neutralizing the disease.

Trivia

 * The Rhedosaurus was one of the monster along with King Kong was one of the main inspiriations for Godzilla.
 * The Rhedosaurus puppet was used again in the flick Planet of The Dinosaurs where it played as a Rhedosaurus again that was doomed to be killed by the Tyrannosaurus Rex.