Eocarcharia Sereno and Brusatte 2008 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Full reference: P. C. Sereno and S. L. Brusatte. 2008. Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1):15-46

Parent taxon: Carcharodontosauridae according to C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus 2014

See also Brusatte et al. 2009, Canale et al. 2013, Candeiro et al. 2018, Carrano et al. 2012, Csiki-Sava et al. 2016, Dieudonné et al. 2016, Novas et al. 2013 and Sereno and Brusatte 2008

Sister taxa: Acrocanthosaurus, Carcharodontosaurinae, Carcharodontosaurus, Concavenator, Giganotosaurus, Kelmayisaurus, Lajasvenator, Mapusaurus, Megalosaurus inexpectatus, Shaochilong, Taurovenator, Unquillosaurus, Veterupristisaurus

Subtaxa: Eocarcharia dinops

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Niger (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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