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Carcharodontosauridae

Sauroniops

"eye"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sauroniops 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Sauroniops
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100 Mya)
Place
Morocco
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Carcharodontosauridae

Sauroniops is a controversial genus of carnivorous carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian stage) of Morocco. It is known from the Gara Sbaa Formation of the Kem Kem beds and contains a single species, S. pachytholus.

What we know

  • Named by Cau et al., 2013.
  • Fossils found in Morocco.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Sauroniops — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.