Bahariasaurus
Field photograph to come
Bahariasaurus
DV-0158
- Lived
- 113 to 94 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- Egypt and Niger
- Named by
- Stromer 1934
Field notes
About Bahariasaurus
Bahariasaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 113 to 94 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Bahariasaurus, from Egypt and Niger. Its fossils come from rocks including the Baharîje Formation and the Echkar Formation. It was named by Stromer in 1934.
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 Avetheropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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