MaxillaRelative size of Eocarcharia MNN-GAD2-11 and a human, based on Acrocanthosaurus and Concavenator.
Eocarcharia (meaning "dawn shark") is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation that lived in the Sahara 112 million years ago, in what today is the country of Niger. It was discovered in 2000 on an expedition led by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno. The type and only species is Eocarcharia dinops.[1] Its teeth were shaped like blades and were used for disabling live prey and ripping apart body parts. Eocarcharia’s brow is swollen into a massive band of bone, giving it a menacing glare[2] (leading to the specific name dinops or "fierce-eyed"). It may have reached lengths of 6–8 m (19.7–26.2 ft).[1]
^ abSereno, Paul C.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2008). "Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (1): 15–46. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0102.
^New Meat-eating Dinosaur Duo from Sahara Unveiled Newswise, Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
Eocarcharia (meaning "dawn shark") is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation that lived in the Sahara...
Carcharodontosaurid closely related to Eocarcharia. Cau (2024) found Sauroniops to form a clade with Eocarcharia as well as Veterupristisaurus, Lusovenator...
It has often been considered the sister taxon to the equally basal Eocarcharia, also from Africa. Neovenator, discovered in England, is often considered...
theropod fauna included the spinosaurid Suchomimus, the carcharodontosaurid Eocarcharia and the abelisaurid Kryptops. Meanwhile, S. hartti was found in the Recôncavo...
are represented by C. saharicus and Sauroniops in the Kem Kem Beds, Eocarcharia and potentially Carcharodontosaurus in the Elrhaz Formation, and C. iguidensis...
ornithopods. It also lived alongside the theropods Kryptops, Suchomimus, and Eocarcharia, and a yet-unnamed noasaurid. Crocodylomorphs like Sarcosuchus, Anatosuchus...
a Carcharodontosaurid forming a clade with Sauroniops, Lusovenator, Eocarcharia, and Concavenator. Rauhut, Oliver W. M. (2011). "Theropod dinosaurs from...
theropods like the abelisaurid Kryptops palaios, the carcharodontosaurid Eocarcharia dinops, and an unknown noasaurid. Herbivorous dinosaurs of the region...
Carcharodontosauridae, forming a clade with Sauroniops, Veterupristisaurus, Eocarcharia, and Concavenator. Elisabete Malafaia; Pedro Mocho; Fernando Escaso;...
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