Table 1 in Abelisauroidea (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from Africa: a review of the fossil record

<p>Table 1. Fossil records of Abelisauroidea in Africa.</p><table><tbody><tr><th>Taxa/specimen</th><th>Author</th><th>Stratigraphy</th><th>Age</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><th>Tanzania</th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th><i>Elaphrosaurus bambergi</i></th><td>Janensch,1920</td><td>dd locality of the Middle Dinosaur</td><td>Kimmeridgian</td><td>16 presacral vertebrae,6 sacral vertebrae,18 caudal</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Member of the Tendaguru Formation</td><td></td><td>vertebrae,a middle caudal chevron,the left humerus,both</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>ilia,the proximal left pubis,both ischia,the left femur,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>the left tibia,the proximal left fibula,the left astragalus-</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>calcaneum,the left metatarsals II and III, the proximal left</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>metatarsal IV,left pedal phalanges II-1, IV-2 and IV-4,a left</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>and a right scapulocoracoid,a right metacarpal II,and a left</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>metacarpal IV.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3625</th><td>Janensch,1925</td><td>Middle Dinosaur Member of the</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Tendaguru Formation Kimmeridgian</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Left tibia.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauroidea indet MB.R.1750</th><td>Janensch,1925</td><td>St locality of the Middle Dinosaur</td><td>Kimmeridgian</td><td>Left tibia.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Member of the Tendaguru Formation</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3621</th><td>Janensch,1925</td><td>TL locality of the Upper Dinosaur</td><td>Tithonian</td><td>Right femur.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Member (Tithonian) of the Tendaguru</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Formation.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet MB.R.3626</th><td>Janensch,1925</td><td>TL locality of the Upper Dinosaur</td><td>Tithonian</td><td>Right tibia.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Member Tendaguru Formation.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauroidea indet MB.R.1751</th><td>Janensch,1925</td><td>H locality from the Upper Dinosaur</td><td>Tithonian/Berriasian</td><td>Left tibia.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Member Tendaguru Formation</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Niger</th></tr><tr><th><i>Kryptops palaios</i> MNN GAD 1</th><td>Sereno &amp; Brusatte,2008</td><td>Elrhaz Formation</td><td>Aptian-Albian</td><td>Left maxilla.</td></tr><tr><th><i>Rugops primus</i> MNN IGU 1</th><td>Sereno,Wilson &amp; Conrad,2004</td><td>Echkar Formation</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Partial skull,partially complete cranium,missing the</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>posterior sides of the skull roof,the palate,the jugal,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>quadratojugal,quadrate,postorbital and squamosal.</td></tr><tr><th><i>Afromimus tenerensis</i> MNBH GAD 112</th><td>Sereno,2017</td><td>Elrhaz Formation</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Dorsal rib fragment,seven partial mid and distal caudal</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>vertebrae,two partial chevrons,right tibia and incomplete</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>fibula partially coossified with the astragalocalcaneum,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>right pedal phalanx II-2,right pedal ungual II, right pedal</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>phalanx III-1.</td></tr><tr><th>Undescribed abelisaur</th><td>Sereno,Wilson &amp; Conrad,2004</td><td>Elrhaz Formation</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Almost complete articulated skeleton.</td></tr><tr><th><i>Spinostropheus gautieri</i> MNHN 1961 -28</th><td>Lapparent,1960</td><td>Tiouraren Formation</td><td>Bathonian</td><td>(many individuals) mid cervical vertebra,two anterior</td></tr><tr><th>(syntypes) (Problematic taxon)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>dorsal vertebrae,posterior dorsal vertebra,four dorsal</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>fragments,three sacral fragments,three caudal vertebrae,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>two caudal fragments,partial left humerus,ulna,distal</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>right pubis,distal femur,incomplete right tibia,incomplete</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>fibula,proximal metatarsal,four metatarsal fragments,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>partial pedal phalanx (single individual) cervical neural</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>arch,two fused cervical centra,two dorsal vertebrae,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>partial caudal vertebra,three manual unguals,tibiae,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>distal fibula,proximal metatarsal,four pedal phalangeal</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>fragments.</td></tr><tr><th>MNN TIG6 (Problematic taxon)</th><td>Sereno,Wilson &amp; Conrad,2004</td><td>Tiouraren Formation</td><td>Bathonian</td><td>posterior third cervical vertebra,fourth through tenth</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>cervical vertebra,cervical rib,first through eighth dorsal</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>vertebra,partial ninth through thirteenth dorsal vertebra,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>fragmentary dorsal ribs,first through third sacral neural</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>arches,ossified tendons.</td></tr><tr><th>Tunisia</th></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet MGGC 21889</th><td>Fanti <i>et al.,</i> 2014</td><td>Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar</td><td>Aptian-Albian</td><td>Fragment of a left dentary.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Formation</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet ONM TM 02</th><td>Fanti <i>et al.,</i> 2014</td><td>Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar</td><td>Aptian-Albian</td><td>Small fragment of a left dentary.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Formation</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet</th><td>Fanti <i>et al.,</i> 2014</td><td>Oum ed Diab Member of Ain el Guettar</td><td>Aptian-Albian</td><td>Morphotype 1 (2 teeth),Morphotype 2 (13 teeth),</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>Formation</td><td></td><td>Morphotype 6 (9 teeth),Morphotype 7 (2 teeth),</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Morphotype 8 (4 teeth).</td></tr><tr><th>Libya</th></tr><tr><th>Abelisauroidea indet PRC.NF.1.21</th><td>Smith <i>et al.,</i> 2010</td><td>Cabao Formation</td><td>Aptian</td><td>2 incomplete dorsal vertebrae,a centrum of a caudal</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>vertebra,part of a caudal neural arch,the distal part of a</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>right femur,and right tibia.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet MPCM 13693</th><td>Smith &amp; Della Vecchia,2006</td><td>Cabao Formation</td><td>Aptian-Albian</td><td>2 crowns.</td></tr><tr><th>Morocco</th></tr><tr><th><i>Berberosaurus liassicus</i> (Problematic</th><td>Allain,Tykoski,Aquesbi,Jalil &amp;</td><td>Continental series of Toundoute</td><td>Pliensbachian-Toarcian</td><td>cervical vertebra (Pt9),anterior part of a sacrum (Pt23),II</td></tr><tr><th>taxon) MHNM Pt (x)</th><td>Monbaron,2007</td><td></td><td></td><td>left metacarpal (Pt22),right femur (Pt19),left tibia(Pt21),</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>the distal end of a right tibia (Pt16),left fibula (Pt20).</td></tr><tr><th><i>Deltadromeus agilis</i> (Problematic taxon) SGM Din-2</th><td>Sereno,Dutheil,Larochene, Larsson,Lyon,Magwene,Sidor, Varricchio &amp; Wilson,1996</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Cervical rib,anterior dorsal neural arches,two dorsal ribs, two gastralia,four anterior caudal neural spines,eighteen middle to posterior caudal vertebrae,five chevrons,partial scapulocoracoid,humerus,proximal radius,proximal ulna,an impression of part of a left iliac lamina,ischial shaft,fused distal ischia,a right femur,a right proximal tibia,a right distal tibia with the tarsus,a left fibula, left metatarsals II-IV,metatarsal V,and several pedal phalanges.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet NMC 4186</th><td>Russell,1996</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Fragment of right dentary.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet NMC 41859</th><td>Russell,1996</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Fragment of a right dentary.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae CMN 50811</th><td>Russell,1996</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Centrum of a cervical vertebra.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet UCPC-10</th><td>Mahler,2005</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Fragment of a right maxilla.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet MPUR NS153-1, MPUR NS153-2</th><td>Porchetti <i>et al.,</i> 2011</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Two incomplete main bodies of left maxilla.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet OLPH 025</th><td>Chiarenza &amp; Cau,2016</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Proximal portion of a right f&ecirc;mur.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet NMB-1672-R, GZG.V.19996,and GZG.V.19999</th><td>Richter <i>et al.,</i> 2013</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Three teeth.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet.MHNM KK04</th><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Partial right ilium.</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Noasauridae indet ROM 64666</th><td>Evans <i>et al.,</i> 2015</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Left f&ecirc;mur.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauroidea indet MPCM 13573</th><td>Novas <i>et al.,</i> 2005</td><td>Kem Kem beds</td><td>Cenomanian</td><td>Ungual phalanx,from the digit IV of the left foot.</td></tr><tr><th><i>Chenanisaurus barbaricus</i> OCP DEK-GE 772* OCP DEK-GE 457** OCP DEK-GE 458***</th><td>Longrich,Pereda-Suberbiola, Jalil,Khaldoune &amp; Jourani,2017</td><td>Couche III of the Ouled Abdoun Basin</td><td>Maastrichtian</td><td>Fragment of the left dentary*,teeth**,teeth***.</td></tr><tr><th>Egypt</th></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet (Missing)</th><td>Stromer &amp; Weiler,1930</td><td>Nubian Sandstone</td><td>Campanian</td><td>A proximal portion of a t&iacute;bia.</td></tr><tr><th>Abelisauridae indet MGUP MEGA002</th><td>Gemmellaro,1921</td><td>Duwi Formation</td><td>Maastrichtian</td><td>Crown.</td></tr><tr><th>Kenya</th></tr><tr><th>Undescribed Abelisauridae Possible giant abelisaurid* Possible mid size abelisaurid**</th><td>Sertich <i>et al.,</i> 2013; Sertich <i>et al.,</i> 2006</td><td>Turkana Grits sandstones</td><td>Maastrichtian</td><td>Part of a skull,and axial and appendicular skeleton elements*,dental and axial materials**.</td></tr><tr><th>Zimbabwe</th></tr><tr><th>Undescribed Abelisauroidea</th><td>Woolley <i>et al.,</i> 2015</td><td>Gokwe Formation</td><td>Cretaceous</td><td>Teeth and vertebra.</td></tr></tbody></table>