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Afromimus Afromimus tenerensis Sereno 2017

/ˈæfɹoʊmˌɪməs/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 113.2–100.5 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Niger
Region
Agadez
Formation
Elrhaz
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Niger. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Afromimus tenerensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 113.2–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore, omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Agadez, Niger. It was named by Sereno 2017. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Afromimus tenerensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Afromimus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Afromimus tenerensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

coexisted–with
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
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coexisted–with
Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus nigeriensis
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coexisted–with
Polacanthus
Polacanthus foxii
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coexisted–with
Leaellynasaura
Leaellynasaura amicagraphica
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same–clade
Tyrannotitan
Tyrannotitan chubutensis
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same–clade
Genyodectes
Genyodectes serus
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same–clade
Arkansaurus
Arkansaurus fridayi
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