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Afromimus tenerensis
Taxonomy
Afromimus tenerensis was named by Sereno (2017) [Medium-sized ornithomimosaur with a large elliptical attachment scar on the posterior aspect of the tibial shaft distal to the lateral condyle, a rugose attachment surface on the fibula posterior to the tibial crest, trough on the anteromedial aspect of the fibular shaft ventral to the anterior trochanter, rugose texture on non-articular surfaces of pre- and postzygapophyses of mid caudal vertebrae, elevated zygapophyseal facets on pre-and postzygapophyses of mid caudal vertebrae, and fused pedicels on anterior chevrons that are less than one half as long anteroposteriorly as broad transversely.]. Its type specimen is MNBH GAD112, a partial skeleton (Fragmentary remains of an adult individual comprising a dorsal rib fragment, seven partial mid and distal caudal vertebrae, two partial chevrons, most of the ri), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gadoufaoua, G112, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Afromimus tenerensis Sereno p. 579–580 fig. 1–10 |
| 2023 | Afromimus tenerensis Souza-Júnior et al. p. 2 |
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†Afromimus tenerensis Sereno 2017
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. C. Sereno 2017 | Medium-sized ornithomimosaur with a large elliptical attachment scar on the posterior aspect of the tibial shaft distal to the lateral condyle, a rugose attachment surface on the fibula posterior to the tibial crest, trough on the anteromedial aspect of the fibular shaft ventral to the anterior trochanter, rugose texture on non-articular surfaces of pre- and postzygapophyses of mid caudal vertebrae, elevated zygapophyseal facets on pre- and postzygapophyses of mid caudal vertebrae, and fused pedicels on anterior chevrons that are less than one half as long anteroposteriorly as broad transversely. |
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Averianov and Yarkov 2004 | |||||