Afrovenator
Afrovenator abakensis
Type: theropod
Age: 135 million years old
Height at hip: 8 ft (2.44 m)
Length: 27 ft (8.23 m)
Discovery site: Niger, Africa
Afrovenator is the most complete predatory dinosaur from the Cretaceous period ever discovered in Africa. Its skull has rows of long, blade-shaped teeth for slicing into prey, and its bones reveal that it was a cousin to Allosaurus, a 150-million-year-old dinosaur that lived in North America. However, Afrovenator has longer, more slender bones and was likely more lightweight and fleet-footed than Allosaurus.
Casts Available
- Mounted skeleton 25’x8’x8'
- Skull
