Meat-eater

The Meat-Eater was among the prehistoric creatures living on Skull Island in 1933. As King Kong was travelling across Skull Island with his "bride," Ann Darrow, he realized that the crew of the Venture were following him, and so he set Ann down atop a tree while he went to attack the expedition. While Kong was distracted by this, the Meat-Eater, which was walking by in the jungle, came into view of Ann Darrow. Horrified by the sight of it, Ann screamed, which only attracted the beast's attention. The beast then approached the dead tree intent on eating her. After hearing Ann's screams, Kong rushed to her aid, and tackled the dinosaur. After a long and drawn-out battle, Kong climbed on the dinosaur's back and snapped the Meat-Eater's jaws, incapacitating it, before continuing on his way with Ann. A short time later, Jack Driscoll encountered the Meat-Eater, still breathing but barely alive. As he watched, the dinosaur finally died.


 * Dino Attack: The dinosaur quickly kicked Kong off with its incredible hind leg strength, but Kong was able to circumvent this by injuring one of its legs. Kong then easily overpowered the Meat-Eater and pried open its jaws, leaving them broken, and the creature dead.
 * Apex Predator: Skull Island wall and saw a Meat-Eater, which he noted only as a previously unidentified species, whether or not the Meat-Eater killed the mollusk or simply found it as carrion was unclear.
 * Creature Features
 * Name: Meat-eater
 * Body parts: Tyrannosaur body, and a head of a lizard
 * Where? This creature lived in forests of Skull Mountain
 * Legendary origin: Living dinosaur

Jawbreaker
The tyrannosaur stop motion model used in the original King Kong was originally created for Willis O'Brien's canceled film Creation, as was the case with many of the creatures featured in the film.


 * Tyrant Lizard vs. Giant Ape: The meat-eater is redesigned to reflect more modern reconstructions of Tyrannosauridae, with a more horizontal posture and its tail held suspended in the air behind it, as well as a shorter and less curved neck. The meat-eater still has a crest of spikes running all the way from the top of its head to its tail. In these novels, the Meat-Eater now has only two digits on its hands, like carnosaur is now known to have possessed.
 * Broken Jaw: Carnivorous dinosaur's jaws has broked by Kong's hands.
 * Did You Know? Meat-eater is better than Kong.