Bahariasaurus

Bahariasaurus (meaning "Bahariya lizard") is a genus of large carnivorous theropod dinosaur. It is potentially synonymous with Deltadromeus, another predatory dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Africa. It was a huge theropod, in the same size range as Tyrannosaurus and the contemporary genera Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus. The type species, B. ingens, was described by Ernst Stromer in 1934, though the type specimen was destroyed dur... more

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