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Chenanisaurus Chenanisaurus barbaricus Longrich et al. 2017
/tʃˌɛnɐnɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Morocco
Regions
Khouribga · Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Formation
Couche III
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Chenanisaurus barbaricus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Khouribga, Morocco. It was named by Longrich et al. 2017. 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 Chenanisaurus barbaricus sits in deep time
Chenanisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Chenanisaurus barbaricus'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.