Reptilia - Saurischia - 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
Belongs to Afrovenator according to A. Serrano-Martínez et al. 2015
See also Carrano et al. 2012, Hanson and Makovicky 2013, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz et al. 2004, McFeeters et al. 2013, Molnar et al. 1996, Rauhut 2003, Sereno et al. 1994, Suñer et al. 2005 and Yates 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UC OBA 1, a skeleton (relatively complete skeleton). Its type locality is In Abaka, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial horizon in the Tiourarén Formation of Niger.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Niger (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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