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Table 1. Fossil records of Abelisauroidea in Africa.
| Taxa/specimen | Author | Stratigraphy | Age | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | ||||
| Elaphrosaurus bambergi | Janensch,1920 | dd locality of the Middle Dinosaur | Kimmeridgian | 16 presacral vertebrae,6 sacral vertebrae,18 caudal |
| Member of the Tendaguru Formation | vertebrae,a middle caudal chevron,the left humerus,both | |||
| ilia,the proximal left pubis,both ischia,the left femur, | ||||
| the left tibia,the proximal left fibula,the left astragalus- | ||||
| calcaneum,the left metatarsals II and III, the proximal left | ||||
| metatarsal IV,left pedal phalanges II-1, IV-2 and IV-4,a left | ||||
| and a right scapulocoracoid,a right metacarpal II,and a left | ||||
| metacarpal IV. | ||||
| Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3625 | Janensch,1925 | Middle Dinosaur Member of the | ||
| Tendaguru Formation Kimmeridgian | ||||
| Left tibia. | ||||
| Abelisauroidea indet MB.R.1750 | Janensch,1925 | St locality of the Middle Dinosaur | Kimmeridgian | Left tibia. |
| Member of the Tendaguru Formation | ||||
| Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3621 | Janensch,1925 | TL locality of the Upper Dinosaur | Tithonian | Right femur. |
| Member (Tithonian) of the Tendaguru | ||||
| Formation. | ||||
| Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3626 | Janensch,1925 | TL locality of the Upper Dinosaur | Tithonian | Right tibia. |
| Member Tendaguru Formation. | ||||
| Abelisauroidea indet MB.R.1751 | Janensch,1925 | H locality from the Upper Dinosaur | Tithonian/Berriasian | Left tibia. |
| Member Tendaguru Formation | ||||
| Niger | ||||
| Kryptops palaios MNN GAD 1 | Sereno & Brusatte,2008 | Elrhaz Formation | Aptian-Albian | Left maxilla. |
| Rugops primus MNN IGU 1 | Sereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004 | Echkar Formation | Cenomanian | Partial skull,partially complete cranium,missing the |
| posterior sides of the skull roof,the palate,the jugal, | ||||
| quadratojugal,quadrate,postorbital and squamosal. | ||||
| Afromimus tenerensis MNBH GAD 112 | Sereno,2017 | Elrhaz Formation | Cenomanian | Dorsal rib fragment,seven partial mid and distal caudal |
| vertebrae,two partial chevrons,right tibia and incomplete | ||||
| fibula partially coossified with the astragalocalcaneum, | ||||
| right pedal phalanx II-2,right pedal ungual II, right pedal | ||||
| phalanx III-1. | ||||
| Undescribed abelisaur | Sereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004 | Elrhaz Formation | Cenomanian | Almost complete articulated skeleton. |
| Spinostropheus gautieri MNHN 1961 -28 | Lapparent,1960 | Tiouraren Formation | Bathonian | (many individuals) mid cervical vertebra,two anterior |
| (syntypes) (Problematic taxon) | dorsal vertebrae,posterior dorsal vertebra,four dorsal | |||
| fragments,three sacral fragments,three caudal vertebrae, | ||||
| two caudal fragments,partial left humerus,ulna,distal | ||||
| right pubis,distal femur,incomplete right tibia,incomplete | ||||
| fibula,proximal metatarsal,four metatarsal fragments, | ||||
| partial pedal phalanx (single individual) cervical neural | ||||
| arch,two fused cervical centra,two dorsal vertebrae, | ||||
| partial caudal vertebra,three manual unguals,tibiae, | ||||
| distal fibula,proximal metatarsal,four pedal phalangeal | ||||
| fragments. | ||||
| MNN TIG6 (Problematic taxon) | Sereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004 | Tiouraren Formation | Bathonian | posterior third cervical vertebra,fourth through tenth |
| cervical vertebra,cervical rib,first through eighth dorsal | ||||
| vertebra,partial ninth through thirteenth dorsal vertebra, | ||||
| fragmentary dorsal ribs,first through third sacral neural | ||||
| arches,ossified tendons. | ||||
| Tunisia | ||||
| Abelisauridae indet MGGC 21889 | Fanti et al., 2014 | Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar | Aptian-Albian | Fragment of a left dentary. |
| Formation | ||||
| Abelisauridae indet ONM TM 02 | Fanti et al., 2014 | Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar | Aptian-Albian | Small fragment of a left dentary. |
| Formation | ||||
| Abelisauridae indet | Fanti et al., 2014 | Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar | Aptian-Albian | Morphotype 1 (2 teeth),Morphotype 2 (13 teeth), |
| Formation | Morphotype 6 (9 teeth),Morphotype 7 (2 teeth), | |||
| Morphotype 8 (4 teeth). | ||||
| Libya | ||||
| Abelisauroidea indet PRC.NF.1.21 | Smith et al., 2010 | Cabao Formation | Aptian | 2 incomplete dorsal vertebrae,a centrum of a caudal |
| vertebra,part of a caudal neural arch,the distal part of a | ||||
| right femur,and right tibia. | ||||
| Abelisauridae indet MPCM 13693 | Smith & Della Vecchia,2006 | Cabao Formation | Aptian-Albian | 2 crowns. |
| Morocco | ||||
| Berberosaurus liassicus (Problematic | Allain,Tykoski,Aquesbi,Jalil & | Continental series of Toundoute | Pliensbachian-Toarcian | cervical vertebra (Pt9),anterior part of a sacrum (Pt23),II |
| taxon) MHNM Pt (x) | Monbaron,2007 | left metacarpal (Pt22),right femur (Pt19),left tibia(Pt21), | ||
| the distal end of a right tibia (Pt16),left fibula (Pt20). | ||||
| Deltadromeus agilis (Problematic taxon) SGM Din-2 | Sereno,Dutheil,Larochene, Larsson,Lyon,Magwene,Sidor, Varricchio & Wilson,1996 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Cervical rib,anterior dorsal neural arches,two dorsal ribs, two gastralia,four anterior caudal neural spines,eighteen middle to posterior caudal vertebrae,five chevrons,partial scapulocoracoid,humerus,proximal radius,proximal ulna,an impression of part of a left iliac lamina,ischial shaft,fused distal ischia,a right femur,a right proximal tibia,a right distal tibia with the tarsus,a left fibula, left metatarsals II-IV,metatarsal V,and several pedal phalanges. |
| Abelisauridae indet NMC 4186 | Russell,1996 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Fragment of right dentary. |
| Abelisauridae indet NMC 41859 | Russell,1996 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Fragment of a right dentary. |
| Abelisauridae CMN 50811 | Russell,1996 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Centrum of a cervical vertebra. |
| Abelisauridae indet UCPC-10 | Mahler,2005 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Fragment of a right maxilla. |
| Abelisauridae indet MPUR NS153-1, MPUR NS153-2 | Porchetti et al., 2011 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Two incomplete main bodies of left maxilla. |
| Abelisauridae indet OLPH 025 | Chiarenza & Cau,2016 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Proximal portion of a right fêmur. |
| Abelisauridae indet NMB-1672-R, GZG.V.19996,and GZG.V.19999 | Richter et al., 2013 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Three teeth. |
| Abelisauridae indet.MHNM KK04 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Partial right ilium. | |
| Noasauridae indet ROM 64666 | Evans et al., 2015 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Left fêmur. |
| Abelisauroidea indet MPCM 13573 | Novas et al., 2005 | Kem Kem beds | Cenomanian | Ungual phalanx,from the digit IV of the left foot. |
| Chenanisaurus barbaricus OCP DEK-GE 772* OCP DEK-GE 457** OCP DEK-GE 458*** | Longrich,Pereda-Suberbiola, Jalil,Khaldoune & Jourani,2017 | Couche III of the Ouled Abdoun Basin | Maastrichtian | Fragment of the left dentary*,teeth**,teeth***. |
| Egypt | ||||
| Abelisauridae indet (Missing) | Stromer & Weiler,1930 | Nubian Sandstone | Campanian | A proximal portion of a tíbia. |
| Abelisauridae indet MGUP MEGA002 | Gemmellaro,1921 | Duwi Formation | Maastrichtian | Crown. |
| Kenya | ||||
| Undescribed Abelisauridae Possible giant abelisaurid* Possible mid size abelisaurid** | Sertich et al., 2013; Sertich et al., 2006 | Turkana Grits sandstones | Maastrichtian | Part of a skull,and axial and appendicular skeleton elements*,dental and axial materials**. |
| Zimbabwe | ||||
| Undescribed Abelisauroidea | Woolley et al., 2015 | Gokwe Formation | Cretaceous | Teeth and vertebra. |
Notes
Published as part of Souza-Júnior, André Luis de, Candeiro, Carlos Roberto dos Anjos, Vidal, Luciano da Silva, Brusatte, Stephen Louis & Mortimer, Mickey, 2023, Abelisauroidea (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from Africa: a review of the fossil record, pp. 8-9 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63 on page 8, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.019, http://zenodo.org/record/8135243
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