Eocarcharia

Taxobox
name = "Eocarcharia"
fossil_range=Early Cretaceous

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = Carnosauria
superfamilia = Allosauroidea
familia = Carcharodontosauridae
genus = "Eocarcharia"
genus_authority= Sereno & Brusatte, 2008
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"E. dinops" Sereno & Brusatte, 2008 (type)

"Eocarcharia" is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in the Sahara 110 million years ago, in what today is the country of Niger. It was discovered in 2000 on an expedition led by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno. The type and only species is "Eocarcharia dinops", which means "fierce-eyed dawn shark." cite journal |last=Sereno |first=Paul C. |authorlink=Paul Sereno |coauthors=and Brusatte, Stephen L. |year=2008 |title=Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods fromthe Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=15–46 |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/acta53/app53-015.pdf |format=pdf] Its teeth were shaped like blades and were used for disabling live prey and ripping apart body parts. Eocarcharia’s brow is swollen into a massive band of bone, giving it a menacing glare. [ [http://newswise.com/articles/view/537687/ New Meat-eating Dinosaur Duo from Sahara Unveiled] Newswise, Retrieved on September 21, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.projectexploration.org/ Project Exploration]
* [http://www.theworld.org/wma.php?id=0215088 BBC's The World GeoQuiz 15 Feb 2008]