Afrovenator abakensis - African hunter | DinoAnimals.com
dinoanimals.com
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VERIFY:weight_max_kg: stored=2000 suggested=1000 confidence=medium — Mass estimates in the current literature cluster around 790–1000 kg for the single known skeleton (Paul 2016 gives ~790 kg; Holtz's range tops out near 907 kg), so an upper bound of 2000 kg is roughly double what is supported and appears to stem from a pound-to-kilogram conversion error (999–2000 lb).
Åpne kilde ↗New theropod remains from the Tiourarén Formation (?Middle Jurassic, Niger) and their bearing on the dental evolution in basal tetanurans
sciencedirect.com
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VERIFY:period_start_mya: stored=168 suggested=164 confidence=medium — Current work follows Rauhut and López-Arbarello (2009) in assigning the Tiourarén Formation a latest Middle Jurassic age, conventionally given as Bathonian–Oxfordian at about 164–161 Ma; a start of 168 Ma corresponds to the base of the Bathonian and is older than the reinterpreted age supported for the unit.
Åpne kilde ↗The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (Taylor & Francis)
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Comprehensive phylogenetic revision of tetanuran theropods that places Afrovenator abakensis within Megalosauroidea, Megalosauridae and the subfamily Afrovenatorinae.
Åpne kilde ↗PBDB Taxon: †Afrovenator abakensis Sereno et al. 1994
Paleobiology Database
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Records the holotype UC OBA 1 and its type locality In Abaka in a Jurassic terrestrial horizon of the Tiourarén Formation of Niger, the only known occurrence of the species.
Åpne kilde ↗New theropod remains from the Tiourarén Formation (?Middle Jurassic, Niger) and their bearing on the dental evolution in basal tetanurans
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association (Elsevier)
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Documents the terrestrial Middle Jurassic Tiourarén Formation of Niger and its dinosaur assemblage, the depositional setting in which Afrovenator lived.
Åpne kilde ↗Afrovenator | Natural History Museum Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
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Museum species profile classifying Afrovenator as a meat-eating (carnivorous) theropod dinosaur.
Åpne kilde ↗Isolated Theropod Teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Niger and the Early Dental Evolution of Spinosauridae
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs from the Sahara
Science (AAAS)
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Original description by Sereno and colleagues naming Afrovenator abakensis on the basis of a relatively complete skeleton from Niger, with its anatomy and relationships.
Åpne kilde ↗Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs from the Sahara
Science (AAAS)
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Original description by Sereno and colleagues naming Afrovenator abakensis on the basis of a relatively complete skeleton from Niger, with its anatomy and relationships.
Åpne kilde ↗Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs from the Sahara
Science (AAAS)
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Original description by Sereno and colleagues naming Afrovenator abakensis on the basis of a relatively complete skeleton from Niger, with its anatomy and relationships.
Åpne kilde ↗Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs from the Sahara
Science (AAAS)
Sjekket: 10.9.2026
Original description by Sereno and colleagues naming Afrovenator abakensis on the basis of a relatively complete skeleton from Niger, with its anatomy and relationships.
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