Species
Valid Extinct

Afrovenator abakensis

Sereno et al. 1994

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Megalosauroidea Superfamily
Megalosauridae Family
Eustreptospondylinae Subfamily
Afrovenator Genus
Afrovenator abakensis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇪 Niger
2
Geological formations
Tiourarén
2
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, and H. C. E. Larsson, D. B. Dutheil, H.-D. Sues. 1994. Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Sahara. Science 266(5183):267-271 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
A. Serrano-Martínez , F. Ortega, and L. Sciscio, J. E. Tent-Manclús, I. F. Bandera, F. Knoll. 2015. New theropod remains from the Tiourarén Formation (?Middle Jurassic, Niger) and their bearing on the dental evolution in basal tetanurans. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 126:107-118 DOI ↗
P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, and H. C. E. Larsson, D. B. Dutheil, H.-D. Sues. 1994. Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Sahara. Science 266(5183):267-271 DOI ↗