Sauroniops
Sauroniops is a controversial genus of carnivorous basal carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian stage) Gara Sbaa Formation, and possibly also the Kem Kem Formation, both of Morocco. The type, and currently only, species is S. platytholus.
| Sauroniops Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian, | |
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| Holotype specimen, a left frontal bone (MPM 2594) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Carcharodontosauridae |
| Genus: | †Sauroniops Cau et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Sauroniops pachytholus Cau et al., 2012 | |
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