Afromimus tenerensis Sereno, 2017

Souza-Júnior, André Luis de, Candeiro, Carlos Roberto dos Anjos, Vidal, Luciano da Silva, Brusatte, Stephen Louis & Mortimer, Mickey, 2023, Abelisauroidea (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from Africa: a review of the fossil record, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-13 : 2

Afromimus tenerensis Sereno, 2017

– Afromimus comes from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian-Albian), in the region of "Gadoufaoua″, Ténéré Desert , Niger Republic. The holotype MNBH GAD112 is a fragmentary, possibly adult individual and includes a dorsal rib fragment, seven partial mid and distal caudal vertebrae,two partial chevrons, a tibia and incomplete fibula partially coossified with the astragalocalcaneum, and three partial pedal phalanges including an ungual. In the study that described Afromimus tenerensis Sereno (2017) originally identified it as an ornithomimosaur, a type of derived theropod more closely related to birds than were abelisaurids . However, Sereno (2017) also noted features in MNBH GAD112 that are shared with abelisauroids. Because on these resemblances, Cerroni et al. (2019) compared Afromimus with Abelisauroidea in detail and performed an extensive phylogenetic analysis. This resulted in the assignment of Afromimus to Abelisauroidea and possibly to Noasauridae , although its fragmentary condition precludes a confident referral to the latter family.