Bahariasaurus

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Bahariasaurus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Extinct (fossil)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Infraorder:	Ceratosauria
Superfamily:	Abelisauroidea
Family:	Noasauridae
Genus:	Bahariasaurus
Species:	B. ingens

Binomial name

Bahariasaurus ingens
Stromer, 1934

Bahariasaurus (meaning "Bahari lizard") was originally thought to be a very large carnivorous dinosaur, but turned out to be bones of a medium-sized carnivore mixed up with bones of a titanosaurid sauropod. It is probably synonymous with Deltadromeus, another predatory dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Africa.

The type species, B. ingens, was described by Ernst Stromer in 1934. The specimen was destroyed during World War II.