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.