Afrovenator Sereno et al. 1994 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae

Full reference: P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, H. C. E. Larsson, D. B. Dutheil, and H.-D. Sues. 1994. Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Sahara. Science 266(5183):267-271

Parent taxon: Eustreptospondylinae according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2016

See also Benson and Barrett 2009, Carrano et al. 2012, Carrano et al. 2002, Hanson and Makovicky 2013, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz 1995, Holtz 2000, Holtz et al. 2004, Molnar et al. 1996, Rauhut 2003, Rauhut et al. 2018, Sereno 1997, Sereno et al. 1996 and Yates 2005

Sister taxa: Dubreuillosaurus, Eustreptospondylus, Magnosaurus, Piveteausaurus

Subtaxa: Afrovenator abakensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Niger (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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