1327 - Gem Grade Afrovenator abakensis Megalosaurid Dinosaur Tooth Jurassic Tiouraren Fm Megistaspidella triangularis PaleoDB taxon number: 19228

PaleoDB taxon number: 19228

Country: Mauritania

9cmObservations: Very low TKW

The Mohs scale of mineral hardness

Isolated mineral grains of low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs27

1327 - Gem Grade Afrovenator abakensis Megalosaurid Dinosaur Tooth Jurassic Tiouraren Fm Megistaspidella triangularis PaleoDB taxon number: 19228Scientific name: Afrovenator abakensis, Sereno et al. 1994. Megalosaurid Location: Tiouraren Hill, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Tiouraren Fm Age: Middle Jurassic, Bathonian stage ( 167 million years) Size (long): 4. 3cm REF.: 1327 DESCRIPTION: Afrovenator ("African hunter") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of northern Africa. The remains of Afrovenator were discovered in 1993 in the Tiourarn