Afromimus tenerensis Sereno 2017 (ornithomimosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: P. C. Sereno. 2017. Early Cretaceous ornithomimosaurs (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Africa. Ameghiniana 54(5):576-616

Belongs to Afromimus according to P. C. Sereno 2017

See also Souza-JĂșnior et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNBH GAD112, a partial skeleton (Fragmentary remains of an adult individual comprising a dorsal rib fragment, seven partial mid and distal caudal vertebrae, two partial chevrons, most of the ri). Its type locality is Gadoufaoua, G112, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Gadoufaoua, G112

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