DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13996657
title: Table 1 in Abelisauroidea (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from Africa: a review of the fossil record

description: Table 1. Fossil records of Abelisauroidea in Africa.
Taxa/specimenAuthorStratigraphyAgeDescriptionTanzaniaElaphrosaurus bambergiJanensch,1920dd locality of the Middle DinosaurKimmeridgian16 presacral vertebrae,6 sacral vertebrae,18 caudalMember of the Tendaguru Formationvertebrae,a middle caudal chevron,the left humerus,bothilia,the proximal left pubis,both ischia,the left femur,the left tibia,the proximal left fibula,the left astragalus-calcaneum,the left metatarsals II and III, the proximal leftmetatarsal IV,left pedal phalanges II-1, IV-2 and IV-4,a leftand a right scapulocoracoid,a right metacarpal II,and a leftmetacarpal IV.Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3625Janensch,1925Middle Dinosaur Member of theTendaguru Formation KimmeridgianLeft tibia.Abelisauroidea indet MB.R.1750Janensch,1925St locality of the Middle DinosaurKimmeridgianLeft tibia.Member of the Tendaguru FormationAbelisauridae indet MB.R.3621Janensch,1925TL locality of the Upper DinosaurTithonianRight femur.Member (Tithonian) of the TendaguruFormation.Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3626Janensch,1925TL locality of the Upper DinosaurTithonianRight tibia.Member Tendaguru Formation.Abelisauroidea indet MB.R.1751Janensch,1925H locality from the Upper DinosaurTithonian/BerriasianLeft tibia.Member Tendaguru FormationNigerKryptops palaios MNN GAD 1Sereno & Brusatte,2008Elrhaz FormationAptian-AlbianLeft maxilla.Rugops primus MNN IGU 1Sereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004Echkar FormationCenomanianPartial skull,partially complete cranium,missing theposterior sides of the skull roof,the palate,the jugal,quadratojugal,quadrate,postorbital and squamosal.Afromimus tenerensis MNBH GAD 112Sereno,2017Elrhaz FormationCenomanianDorsal rib fragment,seven partial mid and distal caudalvertebrae,two partial chevrons,right tibia and incompletefibula partially coossified with the astragalocalcaneum,right pedal phalanx II-2,right pedal ungual II, right pedalphalanx III-1.Undescribed abelisaurSereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004Elrhaz FormationCenomanianAlmost complete articulated skeleton.Spinostropheus gautieri MNHN 1961 -28Lapparent,1960Tiouraren FormationBathonian(many individuals) mid cervical vertebra,two anterior(syntypes) (Problematic taxon)dorsal vertebrae,posterior dorsal vertebra,four dorsalfragments,three sacral fragments,three caudal vertebrae,two caudal fragments,partial left humerus,ulna,distalright pubis,distal femur,incomplete right tibia,incompletefibula,proximal metatarsal,four metatarsal fragments,partial pedal phalanx (single individual) cervical neuralarch,two fused cervical centra,two dorsal vertebrae,partial caudal vertebra,three manual unguals,tibiae,distal fibula,proximal metatarsal,four pedal phalangealfragments.MNN TIG6 (Problematic taxon)Sereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004Tiouraren FormationBathonianposterior third cervical vertebra,fourth through tenthcervical vertebra,cervical rib,first through eighth dorsalvertebra,partial ninth through thirteenth dorsal vertebra,fragmentary dorsal ribs,first through third sacral neuralarches,ossified tendons.TunisiaAbelisauridae indet MGGC 21889Fanti et al., 2014Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el GuettarAptian-AlbianFragment of a left dentary.FormationAbelisauridae indet ONM TM 02Fanti et al., 2014Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el GuettarAptian-AlbianSmall fragment of a left dentary.FormationAbelisauridae indetFanti et al., 2014Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el GuettarAptian-AlbianMorphotype 1 (2 teeth),Morphotype 2 (13 teeth),FormationMorphotype 6 (9 teeth),Morphotype 7 (2 teeth),Morphotype 8 (4 teeth).LibyaAbelisauroidea indet PRC.NF.1.21Smith et al., 2010Cabao FormationAptian2 incomplete dorsal vertebrae,a centrum of a caudalvertebra,part of a caudal neural arch,the distal part of aright femur,and right tibia.Abelisauridae indet MPCM 13693Smith & Della Vecchia,2006Cabao FormationAptian-Albian2 crowns.MoroccoBerberosaurus liassicus (ProblematicAllain,Tykoski,Aquesbi,Jalil &Continental series of ToundoutePliensbachian-Toarciancervical vertebra (Pt9),anterior part of a sacrum (Pt23),IItaxon) MHNM Pt (x)Monbaron,2007left metacarpal (Pt22),right femur (Pt19),left tibia(Pt21),the distal end of a right tibia (Pt16),left fibula (Pt20).Deltadromeus agilis (Problematic taxon) SGM Din-2Sereno,Dutheil,Larochene, Larsson,Lyon,Magwene,Sidor, Varricchio & Wilson,1996Kem Kem bedsCenomanianCervical rib,anterior dorsal neural arches,two dorsal ribs, two gastralia,four anterior caudal neural spines,eighteen middle to posterior caudal vertebrae,five chevrons,partial scapulocoracoid,humerus,proximal radius,proximal ulna,an impression of part of a left iliac lamina,ischial shaft,fused distal ischia,a right femur,a right proximal tibia,a right distal tibia with the tarsus,a left fibula, left metatarsals II-IV,metatarsal V,and several pedal phalanges.Abelisauridae indet NMC 4186Russell,1996Kem Kem bedsCenomanianFragment of right dentary.Abelisauridae indet NMC 41859Russell,1996Kem Kem bedsCenomanianFragment of a right dentary.Abelisauridae CMN 50811Russell,1996Kem Kem bedsCenomanianCentrum of a cervical vertebra.Abelisauridae indet UCPC-10Mahler,2005Kem Kem bedsCenomanianFragment of a right maxilla.Abelisauridae indet MPUR NS153-1, MPUR NS153-2Porchetti et al., 2011Kem Kem bedsCenomanianTwo incomplete main bodies of left maxilla.Abelisauridae indet OLPH 025Chiarenza & Cau,2016Kem Kem bedsCenomanianProximal portion of a right fêmur.Abelisauridae indet NMB-1672-R, GZG.V.19996,and GZG.V.19999Richter et al., 2013Kem Kem bedsCenomanianThree teeth.Abelisauridae indet.MHNM KK04Kem Kem bedsCenomanianPartial right ilium.Noasauridae indet ROM 64666Evans et al., 2015Kem Kem bedsCenomanianLeft fêmur.Abelisauroidea indet MPCM 13573Novas et al., 2005Kem Kem bedsCenomanianUngual phalanx,from the digit IV of the left foot.Chenanisaurus barbaricus OCP DEK-GE 772* OCP DEK-GE 457** OCP DEK-GE 458***Longrich,Pereda-Suberbiola, Jalil,Khaldoune & Jourani,2017Couche III of the Ouled Abdoun BasinMaastrichtianFragment of the left dentary*,teeth**,teeth***.EgyptAbelisauridae indet (Missing)Stromer & Weiler,1930Nubian SandstoneCampanianA proximal portion of a tíbia.Abelisauridae indet MGUP MEGA002Gemmellaro,1921Duwi FormationMaastrichtianCrown.KenyaUndescribed Abelisauridae Possible giant abelisaurid* Possible mid size abelisaurid**Sertich et al., 2013; Sertich et al., 2006Turkana Grits sandstonesMaastrichtianPart of a skull,and axial and appendicular skeleton elements*,dental and axial materials**.ZimbabweUndescribed AbelisauroideaWoolley et al., 2015Gokwe FormationCretaceousTeeth and vertebra.
description: Published as part of Souza-Júnior, André Luis de, Candeiro, Carlos Roberto dos Anjos, Vidal, Luciano da Silva, Brusatte, Stephen Louis & Mortimer, Mickey, 2023, Abelisauroidea (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from Africa: a review of the fossil record, pp. 8-9 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63 on page 8, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.019, http://zenodo.org/record/8135243