Tameryraptor, a new dinosaur genus for an old fossil
Max Kellermann, a former MGAP student, is the first author of this publication in PLOS ONE, which is based on his Master's thesis.
14.01.2025
Kellermann M., Cuesta E., & Rauhut O.W.M. (2025). Re-evaluation of the Bahariya Formation carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for allosauroid phylogeny, PLOS ONE, 20(1): e0311096. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0311096
In a significant reexamination of a historic dinosaur discovery, the authors have determined that a famous Egyptian theropod is not the same species as its Moroccan counterpart. Originally described in 1931 by Ernst Stromer as Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, the Egyptian specimen was long thought to be closely related to fossils from Morocco. However, newly uncovered details, including a previously unknown photograph, reveal significant anatomical differences. As a result, researchers have established a new genus and species, Tameryraptor markgrafi, for the Egyptian dinosaur. This finding challenges previous assumptions about North African dinosaur faunas and suggests distinct ecosystems in Egypt and Morocco during the Cretaceous period.
