Chenanisaurusbarbaricus

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 : 5

Chenanisaurusbarbaricus Longrich,Pereda-Suberbiola, Jalil, Khaldoune & Jourani, 2017

– The holotype of this species is from the region of Sidi Chennane . Although the specimen was not collected by the authors who described it, the pale white color of the bone and the color of the associated matrix are consistent with the preservation of other materials found in the Sidi Chennane locality.

The specimens are described as coming from Couche III of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Maastrichtian). Chenanisaurus was described based on the specimen OCP DEK-GE 772, an anterior fragment of the left dentary. In addition, there are two other specimens: OCP DEK-GE 457 and OCP DEK-GE 458, which are two well-preserved teeth.The well-preserved maxillary tooth WDC-CCPM-005 described by Buffetaut et al. (2005) likely comes from Couche III of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Maastrichtian).This tooth was identified as belonging to an abelisaurid. Later, Longrich et al. (2017) indicated that this tooth belongs specifically to C. barbaricus .