JS8 - Rare Afrovenator abakensis Megalosaurid Dinosaur Tooth Jurassic Tiouraren Fm Metacryphaeus tuberculatus Rare rooted specimen

Rare rooted specimen

Thomas Strope Finder: anonymous Comments: Submitted by L

03cm long - 1

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Tonkinella

JS8 - Rare Afrovenator abakensis Megalosaurid Dinosaur Tooth Jurassic Tiouraren Fm Metacryphaeus tuberculatus Rare rooted specimenScientific 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. 8cm = 1. 90 Inch REF.: JS8 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