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'''Giant Reptiles''', sometimes referred to as '''"Dinosaurs"''', are a relatively common lifeform throughout the galaxy, especially on [[Death World]]s and [[Feral World]]s where they are often the main predator type. Dinosaurs alse also serve as Farm Animalsfarm animals{{Fn|19}}, including on [[Exodite World]]s where they serve as the main food source.{{Fn|5}}

A giant reptile typically ranges from the size of a [[Bike]] to that of a [[Land Raider]], is possessed of considerable strength and ferocity, and has vicious natural weapons ranging from sharp bony protrusions and claws to jaws capable of ripping open the hull of a [[Rhino]] APC.  It is quite common for the worlds from which the [[Space Marines]] recruit to have such lethal predators stalking the inhospitable terrain, and for young aspirants to prove themselves by slaying one of these immense beasts and taking a trophy as a coming-of-age ritual. [[Carnosaur]]s prowl the blasted wastes of the [[Triath]] sector, and the infamous [[Arcanadont]]s, top of the evolutionary ladder in the honeycombed mining world of [[Mordant]], are sold across the [[Segmentum ]] as vicious pets and status symbols at a great cost in both life and raw meat. The [[Catachan Jungle Fighters]] of the [[Imperial Guard]] have been known to field [[Rough Riders]] mounted atop one of the mighty Giant Reptiles native to the jungles of [[Catachan]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|6}}

'''Dragons'''{{Fn|4}} were offspring of the genetically-modified giant reptiles (some of which breathe fire{{Fn|21}}) which the [[Eldar]] seeded among the [[Maiden World]]s of the [[Eldar Empire]] as a dominant component of the planetplanets's ecologies.{{Fn|4}} The original species may have originated from the homeworlds of the Eldar.{{Fn|4}} Dragons became central to the lifestyles of the [[Eldar Exodites]], who herd and ride various species and trade their meat with the [[Asuryani|Craftworld Eldar]].{{Fn|10}} Dragons are carnivores, and will naturally feed on forest prey,{{Fn|20}} but the Aeldari exodites harvest and feed them algae.{{Fn|4}}

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*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Infinite and the Divine (Novel)]] , Chapter 6

*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], pgpgs. 16-17

*{{Endn|12}}: [[Path of the Outcast (Novel)]], pg. 59{{CME}}

*{{Endn|14}}: [[Path of the Renegade (Novel)]] - '', Chapter Seven''*{{Endn|15}}: [[Ghost Warrior (Novel)]], pg.76{{CME}}

*{{Endn|18}}: [[Old Earth (Novel)]] - , ''Chapter Three'' pgs. 66-67