Afromimus
Field photograph to come
Afromimus
DV-0971
- Lived
- 113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- Niger
- Named by
- Sereno 2017
Field notes
About Afromimus
Afromimus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 101 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Afromimus, from Niger. Its fossils come from the Elrhaz Formation. It was named by Sereno in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ornithomimosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. C. Sereno. 2017. Early Cretaceous ornithomimosaurs (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Africa. Ameghiniana 54(5):576-616