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Afrovenator Afrovenator abakensis Sereno et al. 1994
/ˌæfroʊvɪˈneɪtər/
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 161.5–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Niger
Regions
Agadez · Agadès
Formation
Tiourarén
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Afrovenator abakensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 161.5–143.1 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Agadez, Niger. It was named by Sereno et al. 1994. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Afrovenator abakensis sits in deep time
Afrovenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Afrovenator abakensis'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.