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This is a list of non-avian dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered in Africa.Africa has a rich fossil record. It is rich in Triassic and Early Jurassic dinosaurs. . African dinosaurs from these time periods include Megapnosaurus, Dracovenator, Melanorosaurus, Massospondylus, Euskelosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Abrictosaurus, and Lesoth
Previously, the oldest record of dinosaurs was from Brazil and Argentina and dated back to the mid-late Carnian stage, about 233.23 to 231.4 million years ago. Nyasasaurus comes from a deposit conventionally considered Anisian in age, meaning that it would predate other early dinosaurs by about 12 million years. [ 1 ]
Ostafrikasaurus is a potentially dubious genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of what is now Lindi Region, Tanzania.It is known only from fossil teeth discovered sometime between 1909 and 1912, during an expedition to the Tendaguru Formation by the Natural History Museum of Berlin.
The Elrhaz Formation is a geological formation in Niger, West Africa.. Its strata date back to the Early Cretaceous, about 125 to 112 million years ago.Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, alongside those of multiple species of crocodyliformes.
Nqwebasaurus is a basal coelurosaur and potentially the basal-most member of the coelurosaurian clade Ornithomimosauria from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa. [1] The name Nqwebasaurus is derived from the Xhosa word Nqweba which is the local name for the Kirkwood district, and thwazi is ancient Xhosa for "fast runner". [2]
More than 260 dinosaur footprints discovered in Brazil and Cameroon provide further evidence that South America and Africa were once connected as part of a giant continent millions of years ago.
Fossils may be found either associated with a geological formation or at a single geographic site. Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited during a specific period of time. They usually extend for large areas, and sometimes there are different important sites in which the same formation is exposed.
The oldest confirmed fossils of a dinosaur are 231 million years old and feature a collection of different species (including members of Herrerasauridae). However, more disputed fossils date back ...