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This is a list of non-avian dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered in Africa. Africa has a rich fossil record. It is rich in Triassic and Early Jurassic dinosaurs. African dinosaurs from these time periods include Megapnosaurus, Dracovenator, Melanorosaurus, Massospondylus, Euskelosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Abrictosaurus, and Lesothosaurus.
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Paranthodon (/ p ə ˈ r æ n θ ə d ɒ n / pə-RAN-thə-don [5]) is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa during the Early Cretaceous, between 139 and 131 million years ago. Discovered in 1845, it was one of the first stegosaurians found.
Pages in category "Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Africa" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The name Ajnabia derives from the Arabic أجنبي (ajnabi), meaning "strange" or "foreign", referring to the animal as part of a dinosaur lineage that immigrated to Africa from elsewhere. The type and only species is A. odysseus , referring to the Greek hero and legendary sea voyager Odysseus .
Afrovenator skeleton. Afrovenator (/ ˌ æ f r oʊ v ɪ ˈ n eɪ t ər /; "African hunter") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Middle or Late Jurassic Period on the Tiourarén Formation and maybe the Irhazer II Formation of the Niger Sahara region in northern Africa.
The closest is the Dinosaur Genera List, compiled by biological nomenclature expert George Olshevsky, which was first published online in 1995 and was regularly updated until June 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The most authoritative general source in the field is the second (2004) edition of The Dinosauria .