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Sauroniops
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Sauroniops | |
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Holotype specimen, a left frontal bone (MPM 2594) | |
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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] | |
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