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
Belongs to Eocarcharia according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
See also Candeiro et al. 2018, Chiarenza and Cau 2016, Dalman 2014, Fanti et al. 2014, Fanti et al. 2012, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Hassler et al. 2018, Ibrahim et al. 2017 and Sereno and Brusatte 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNN GAD2, a partial skull (postorbital). Its type locality is Gadoufaoua, G88, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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