1339 - Rare Afrovenator abakensis Megalosaurid Dinosaur Tooth Jurassic Tiouraren Fm Mammites nodosoides Reuscholithus

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87'' Dicranurus monstrosus Lower Devonian Trilobite

1339 - Rare Afrovenator abakensis Megalosaurid Dinosaur Tooth Jurassic Tiouraren Fm Mammites nodosoides ReuscholithusScientific name: Afrovenator abakensis, Sereno et al. 1994. Megalosaurid Location: Tiouraren Hill, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Tiouraren Fm Age: Middle Jurassic, Bathonian stage ( 167 million years) Size (long): 4 cm REF.: 1339 DESCRIPTION: Afrovenator ("African hunter") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of northern Africa. The remains of Afrovenator were discovered in 1993 in the Tiourarn