Carcharodontosaurus (Stromer, 1931) sp.

Remarks

• Here's a Carcharodontosaurus tooth from Morocco in Lee Garrison's collection.

General Info

Information below includes several species:

Synonyms

• "Shark Toothed Lizard"
• 1931 Megalosaurus Stromer
• 1996 Carcharodontosaurus (Stromer); Sereno et al.

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Kem Kem Beds (Tegana Formation) of southeastern Morocco

• Early Albian rocks of Algeria

• Baharija Formation of Egypt

• Early Albian rocks of Libya

• Early Albian rocks of Niger

• Chenini Formation of Tunisia

• Early Albian rocks of the Sudan

Age

• Carcharodontosaurus ranges from the Early Albian Stage to the very Late Cenomanian Stage(~108–93 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Algeria

• Egypt

• Libya

• Morocco

• Niger

• Tunisia

• Sudan

Remarks

       For more information Carcharodontosaurus, see:

• Benton, M. J.; Bouaziz, S.; Buffetaut, E.; Martill, D.; Ouaja, M.; Soussi, M.; Trueman, C.  2000.  Dinosaurs and Other Fossil Vertebrates from Fluvial Deposits in the Lower Cretaceous of Southern Tunisia.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 157, 227–246.

• Currie, P. J.  1996.  Out of Africa:  Meat-Eating Dinosaurs that Challenge Tyrannosaurus rex.  Science, New Series 272 (5264), 971–972.

• Sereno, P. C.; Dutheil, D. B.; Larochene, M.; Larsson, H. C. E.; Lyon, G. H.; Magwene, P. M.; Sidor, C. A.; Varricchio, D. J.; Wilson, J. A.  1996.  Predatory Dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous Faunal Differentiation.  Science, New Series 272 (5264), 986–991.