Extinct genus of dinosaurs
Sauroniops Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian,
100 Ma
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Holotype specimen, a left frontal bone (MPM 2594)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade :
Dinosauria
Clade :
Saurischia
Clade :
Theropoda
Family:
† Carcharodontosauridae
Genus:
† Sauroniops Cau et al. , 2012[1]
Type species
† Sauroniops pachytholus Cau et al. , 2012[1]
Synonyms[2]
Osteoporosia gigantea ? Singer, 2015
Sauroniops is a controversial[3] [4] [5] genus of carnivorous basal carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian stage) Gara Sbaa Formation, and possibly also the Kem Kem Formation,[2] both of Morocco.[1] The type, and currently only, species is S. platytholus .[6]
^ a b c Cau, Andrea; Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M.; Fabbri, Matteo (March 2013). "A thick-skulled theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco with implications for carcharodontosaurid cranial evolution". Cretaceous Research . 40 : 251–260. Bibcode:2013CrRes..40..251C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.09.002.
^ a b Molina-Pérez, Rubén; Larramendi, Asier; Connolly, David; Ramírez Cruz, Gonzalo Ángel; Mazzei, Sante; Atuchin, Andrey (25 June 2019). Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Theropods and Other Dinosauriformes . Princeton University Press. doi:10.1515/9780691190594-013. ISBN 978-0-691-19059-4 . S2CID 241124870.
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