Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin 1925

Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Original holotype, BSP 1922 X-46, was destroyed in World War II. Neotype designated by Brusatte & Sereno (2007).

Alternative combinations: Dryptosaurus saharicus, Megalosaurus (Carcharodontosaurus) saharicus, Megalosaurus saharicus

Synonyms: Megalosaurus africanus Huene 1956 [objective synonym], Sauroniops pachytholus Cau et al. 2013

Full reference: C. Depéret and J. Savornin. 1925. Sur la découverte d'une faune de Vertébrés albiens à Timimoun (Sahara occidental) [On the discovery of a fauna of Albian vertebrates at Timimoun (western Sahara)]. Comptes Rendus des Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences à Paris 181:1108-1111

Belongs to Carcharodontosaurus according to J. I. Canale et al. 2013

See also Belvedere et al. 2013, Benson et al. 2010, Bessedik et al. 2020, Bouaziz et al. 1988, Brusatte and Sereno 2007, Buffetaut et al. 1990, Buffetaut et al. 2005, Candeiro et al. 2018, Candeiro et al. 2012, Carrano et al. 2012, Cau et al. 2012, Cau et al. 2013, Cavin et al. 2010, Chiarenza and Cau 2016, Coria and Currie 2016, Currie and Padian 1997, Dalman 2014, Delcourt 2018, Delcourt and Grillo 2018, Depéret and Savornin 1925, Depéret and Savornin 1928, Ennouchi 1952, Evers et al. 2015, Fanti et al. 2014, Fanti et al. 2012, Furon 1963, Galton and Molnar 2012, Hassler et al. 2018, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Hendrickx et al. 2016, Holtz et al. 2004, Hone et al. 2011, Ibrahim et al. 2020, Kuhn 1939, Lamanna et al. 2002, Langston 1974, Lapparent 1943, Lapparent 1947, Lapparent 1951, Lapparent 1953, Lapparent 1953, Lapparent 1957, Lapparent 1958, Larsson 1996, Larsson 2001, Lavocat 1954, Le Loeuff 1997, Le Loeuff et al. 2012, Malkani 2006, McFeeters et al. 2013, Molnar 1974, Molnar 1992, Molnar et al. 1990, Novas 1997, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2005, Novas et al. 2005, Novas et al. 1999, Paul 1988, Paulina Carabajal and Canale 2010, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Rauhut 1995, Rauhut 2003, Regagba et al. 2007, Russell 1996, Salem et al. 2022, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Santafé et al. 1982, Sereno et al. 1998, Steel 1970, Stromer 1931, Stromer 1934, Stromer 1934, Stromer 1936, Taquet 1977, Taquet 1984, Taquet 2010, Torices et al. 2012 and Xing et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis

Type specimens:

  • Carcharodontosaurus saharicus: BSP 1922 X-46; SGM Din-1 (neotype), a set of teeth
  • Megalosaurus africanus: Its type locality is 2 km from Timimoun, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Continental Intercalaire Formation of Algeria.
  • Sauroniops pachytholus: MPM2594, a partial skull (an almost complete left frontal). Its type locality is southeast of Taouz (Ifezouane Fm.), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Ifezouane Formation of Morocco.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (11 collections), Egypt (2), Morocco (9), Niger (6), Tunisia (4)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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