Chenanisaurus

DV-0977 · type species Chenanisaurus barbaricus

Lived: 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods
Found in: Morocco
Named by: Longrich et al. 2017

Field notes

About Chenanisaurus

Chenanisaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Chenanisaurus, from Morocco. Its fossils come from the Couche III Formation. It was named by Longrich et al. in 2017.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Ajnabiaornithopod
Phosphatotitansauropod
Minqariaornithopod
Taletaornithopod

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: N. R. Longrich, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and N.-E. Jalil, F. Khaldoune, E. Jourani. 2017. An abelisaurid from the latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) of Morocco, North Africa. Cretaceous Research 76:40-52