Berberosaurus

Berberosaurus; Temporal range: Toarcian ; ~183–174 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Uncertain allocation of the layers
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Averostra
Clade:	†Ceratosauria
Genus:	†Berberosaurus
Species:	†B. liassicus
Binomial name
	†Berberosaurus liassicus; Allain et al., 2007
Synonyms
	Berbesaurus Torices et al., 2012 (lapsus calami);

Berberosaurus (meaning "Berber lizard", in reference to the Berbers of Morocco) is a genus of neotheropod dinosaur, possibly a ceratosaur, from the Toarcian-age (Lower Jurassic) "Toundoute Continental Series" (Azilal Formation) found in the Central High Atlas of Toundoute, Ouarzazate, Morocco. The type species of the genus Berberosaurus is B. liassicus, in reference to the Lias epoch. Berberosaurus might be the oldest known ceratosaur, and is based on partial postcranial remains. This genus represents the oldest formally identified theropod from the North of Africa, as well one of the few from the region in the Early Jurassic.^[2]

^ Torices, A. (2013). "Theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the South Pyrenees Basin of Spain". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0121.
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[torices2012-1] Torices, A. (2013). "Theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the South Pyrenees Basin of Spain". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0121.

[RAetal07-2] Cite error: The named reference RAetal07 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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