JS152 - Rare Eocarcharia dinops Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Tenere Desert Proasaphiscus rigidus Sokotosuchus

Sokotosuchus

together with other important dinosaurs such as the Spinosaurus or the Carcharodontosaurus

Ancyropyge

Washington (type locality for zektzerite)

Etymology – In reference to the deposits which have yielded this species

JS152 - Rare Eocarcharia dinops Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Tenere Desert Proasaphiscus rigidus SokotosuchusScientific name: Eocarcharia dinops, Sereno and Brusatte, 2008 Carcharodontosauridae family Location: Gadoufaoua, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Elrhaz Fm Age: Lower Cretaceous, Aptian Albian stage ( 113 million years) Size (long): 3. 2cm = 1. 25 inch REF.: JS152 DESCRIPTION: Eocarcharia (meaning "dawn shark") is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation that lived in the Sahara 112 million