Genus
Valid Extinct

Bahariasaurus

Stromer 1934
Etymology Reptile de Baharia (oasis en Egypte)

Bahariasaurus is an enigmatic genus of large theropod dinosaur. The genus contains a single species, Bahariasaurus ingens, which was found in North African rock layers dating to the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous. The only fossils confidently assigned to Bahariasaurus were found in the Bahariya Formation of the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt by Ernst Stromer. This material was destroyed during a World War II bombing raid, with the same raid also destroying the holotypes of Spinosaurus, Aegyptosaurus, and other animals found in the Bahariya Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Bahariasaurus
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Material of the dinosaur Bahariasaurus ingens (1-4, 7-18, 24-26) and indeterminate theropods (5-6, 19-23) from the Bahariya Formation of Egypt. © Ernst Stromer · Public domain · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Avetheropoda Order
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Bahariasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇪 Niger
3
🇪🇬 Egypt
2
Geological formations
Baharîje
2
Echkar
1
Dukamaje
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
3
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Bahariasaurus ingens 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Stromer. 1934. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 13. Dinosauria [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. II. Vertebrate animal remains from the Baharîje bed (lowest Cenomanian). 13. Dinosauria]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 22:1-79
Bibliography (4)
R. T. J. Moody and P. J. C. Suttcliffe. 1991. The Cretaceous deposits of the Iullemmeden Basin of Niger, central West Africa. Cretaceous Research 12:137-157 DOI ↗
A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central [The dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57
A. F. d. Lapparent. 1958. Sur les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Sahara central [On the dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 246:1237-1240
E. Stromer. 1934. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 13. Dinosauria [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. II. Vertebrate animal remains from the Baharîje bed (lowest Cenomanian). 13. Dinosauria]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 22:1-79