Berberosaurus liassicus Allain et al. 2007 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ceratosauridae

Full reference: R. Allain, R. S. Tykoski, N. Aquesbi, N.-E. Jalil, M. Monbaron, D. A. Russell, and P. Taquet. 2007. An abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of ceratosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):610-624

Belongs to Berberosaurus according to E. B. Machado et al. 2013

See also Allain et al. 2007, Chiarenza and Cau 2016, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Ibrahim et al. 2017, Langer et al. 2010, Novas et al. 2013, Osi and Buffetaut 2011, Ruiz et al. 2011, Souza-JĂșnior et al. 2023 and Torices et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MHNM -Pt9, 16, 19-23, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Douar of Tazouda, locality B, which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian crevasse splay sandstone in Morocco.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Douar of Tazouda, locality B

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