Abelisauroidea (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from Africa: a review of the fossil record Author Souza-Júnior, André Luis de Author Candeiro, Carlos Roberto dos Anjos Author Vidal, Luciano da Silva Author Brusatte, Stephen Louis Author Mortimer, Mickey text Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 2023 2023-07-05 63 1 13 https://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/177016 journal article 304835 10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.019 34129684-3795-4229-9083-8afe2a99854f 1807-0205 8135243

Table 1. Fossil records of Abelisauroidea in Africa.

Taxa/specimen	Author	Stratigraphy	Age	Description
Tanzania
Elaphrosaurus bambergi	Janensch,1920	dd locality of the Middle Dinosaur	Kimmeridgian	16 presacral vertebrae,6 sacral vertebrae,18 caudal
		Member of the Tendaguru Formation		vertebrae,a middle caudal chevron,the left humerus,both
				ilia,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 left
				metatarsal IV,left pedal phalanges II-1, IV-2 and IV-4,a left
				and a right scapulocoracoid,a right metacarpal II,and a left
				metacarpal IV.
Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3625	Janensch,1925	Middle Dinosaur Member of the
		Tendaguru Formation Kimmeridgian
		Left tibia.
Abelisauroidea indet MB.R.1750	Janensch,1925	St locality of the Middle Dinosaur	Kimmeridgian	Left tibia.
		Member of the Tendaguru Formation
Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3621	Janensch,1925	TL locality of the Upper Dinosaur	Tithonian	Right femur.
		Member (Tithonian) of the Tendaguru
		Formation.
Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3626	Janensch,1925	TL locality of the Upper Dinosaur	Tithonian	Right tibia.
		Member Tendaguru Formation.
Abelisauroidea indet MB.R.1751	Janensch,1925	H locality from the Upper Dinosaur	Tithonian/Berriasian	Left tibia.
		Member Tendaguru Formation
Niger
Kryptops palaios MNN GAD 1	Sereno & Brusatte,2008	Elrhaz Formation	Aptian-Albian	Left maxilla.
Rugops primus MNN IGU 1	Sereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004	Echkar Formation	Cenomanian	Partial skull,partially complete cranium,missing the
				posterior sides of the skull roof,the palate,the jugal,
				quadratojugal,quadrate,postorbital and squamosal.
Afromimus tenerensis MNBH GAD 112	Sereno,2017	Elrhaz Formation	Cenomanian	Dorsal rib fragment,seven partial mid and distal caudal
				vertebrae,two partial chevrons,right tibia and incomplete
				fibula partially coossified with the astragalocalcaneum,
				right pedal phalanx II-2,right pedal ungual II, right pedal
				phalanx III-1.
Undescribed abelisaur	Sereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004	Elrhaz Formation	Cenomanian	Almost complete articulated skeleton.
Spinostropheus gautieri MNHN 1961 -28	Lapparent,1960	Tiouraren Formation	Bathonian	(many individuals) mid cervical vertebra,two anterior
(syntypes) (Problematic taxon)				dorsal vertebrae,posterior dorsal vertebra,four dorsal
				fragments,three sacral fragments,three caudal vertebrae,
				two caudal fragments,partial left humerus,ulna,distal
				right pubis,distal femur,incomplete right tibia,incomplete
				fibula,proximal metatarsal,four metatarsal fragments,
				partial pedal phalanx (single individual) cervical neural
				arch,two fused cervical centra,two dorsal vertebrae,
				partial caudal vertebra,three manual unguals,tibiae,
				distal fibula,proximal metatarsal,four pedal phalangeal
				fragments.
MNN TIG6 (Problematic taxon)	Sereno,Wilson & Conrad,2004	Tiouraren Formation	Bathonian	posterior third cervical vertebra,fourth through tenth
				cervical vertebra,cervical rib,first through eighth dorsal
				vertebra,partial ninth through thirteenth dorsal vertebra,
				fragmentary dorsal ribs,first through third sacral neural
				arches,ossified tendons.
Tunisia
Abelisauridae indet MGGC 21889	Fanti et al., 2014	Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar	Aptian-Albian	Fragment of a left dentary.
		Formation
Abelisauridae indet ONM TM 02	Fanti et al., 2014	Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar	Aptian-Albian	Small fragment of a left dentary.
		Formation
Abelisauridae indet	Fanti et al., 2014	Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar	Aptian-Albian	Morphotype 1 (2 teeth),Morphotype 2 (13 teeth),
		Formation		Morphotype 6 (9 teeth),Morphotype 7 (2 teeth),
				Morphotype 8 (4 teeth).
Libya
Abelisauroidea indet PRC.NF.1.21	Smith et al., 2010	Cabao Formation	Aptian	2 incomplete dorsal vertebrae,a centrum of a caudal
				vertebra,part of a caudal neural arch,the distal part of a
				right femur,and right tibia.
Abelisauridae indet MPCM 13693	Smith & Della Vecchia,2006	Cabao Formation	Aptian-Albian	2 crowns.
Morocco
Berberosaurus liassicus (Problematic	Allain,Tykoski,Aquesbi,Jalil &	Continental series of Toundoute	Pliensbachian-Toarcian	cervical vertebra (Pt9),anterior part of a sacrum (Pt23),II
taxon) MHNM Pt (x)	Monbaron,2007			left 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-2	Sereno,Dutheil,Larochene, Larsson,Lyon,Magwene,Sidor, Varricchio & Wilson,1996	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Cervical 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 4186	Russell,1996	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Fragment of right dentary.
Abelisauridae indet NMC 41859	Russell,1996	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Fragment of a right dentary.
Abelisauridae CMN 50811	Russell,1996	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Centrum of a cervical vertebra.
Abelisauridae indet UCPC-10	Mahler,2005	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Fragment of a right maxilla.
Abelisauridae indet MPUR NS153-1, MPUR NS153-2	Porchetti et al., 2011	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Two incomplete main bodies of left maxilla.
Abelisauridae indet OLPH 025	Chiarenza & Cau,2016	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Proximal portion of a right fêmur.
Abelisauridae indet NMB-1672-R, GZG.V.19996,and GZG.V.19999	Richter et al., 2013	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Three teeth.
Abelisauridae indet.MHNM KK04	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Partial right ilium.
Noasauridae indet ROM 64666	Evans et al., 2015	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Left fêmur.
Abelisauroidea indet MPCM 13573	Novas et al., 2005	Kem Kem beds	Cenomanian	Ungual 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,2017	Couche III of the Ouled Abdoun Basin	Maastrichtian	Fragment of the left dentary*,teeth**,teeth***.
Egypt
Abelisauridae indet (Missing)	Stromer & Weiler,1930	Nubian Sandstone	Campanian	A proximal portion of a tíbia.
Abelisauridae indet MGUP MEGA002	Gemmellaro,1921	Duwi Formation	Maastrichtian	Crown.
Kenya
Undescribed Abelisauridae Possible giant abelisaurid* Possible mid size abelisaurid**	Sertich et al., 2013; Sertich et al., 2006	Turkana Grits sandstones	Maastrichtian	Part of a skull,and axial and appendicular skeleton elements*,dental and axial materials**.
Zimbabwe
Undescribed Abelisauroidea	Woolley et al., 2015	Gokwe Formation	Cretaceous	Teeth and vertebra.