Genus
Valid Extinct

Berberosaurus

Allain et al. 2007

Berberosaurus is a genus of neotheropod dinosaur, possibly a ceratosaur, from the Toarcian-age "Toundoute Continental Series" found in the Central High Atlas of Toundoute, Ouarzazate, Morocco. The type species of the genus Berberosaurus is B. liassicus, in reference to the Lias epoch. Berberosaurus might be the oldest known ceratosaur, and is based on partial postcranial remains. This genus represents the oldest formally identified theropod from the North of Africa, as well one of the few from the region in the Early Jurassic.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Berberosaurus
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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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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Ceratosauridae Family
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Berberosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Berberosaurus liassicus 193 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
R. Allain, R. S. Tykoski, and N. Aquesbi, N.-E. Jalil, M. Monbaron, D. A. Russell, P. Taquet. 2007. An abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of ceratosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):610-624 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. Allain, R. S. Tykoski, and N. Aquesbi, N.-E. Jalil, M. Monbaron, D. A. Russell, P. Taquet. 2007. An abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of ceratosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):610-624 DOI ↗