Named By: | Ronan Allain, Ronald Tykoski, Najat Aquesbi, NourinEddine, Michel Monbaron, Dale Russell & Phillipe Taquet in 2007 |
Time Period: | Pliensbachian, 185 Ma |
Location: | Morocco - Toundoute Group |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial skeleton of a sub adult, including partial hind limb, hip and a cervical (neck) vertebrae |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Neotheropoda | Ceratosauria | |
Berberosaurus (meaning "Berber lizard", in reference to the Berbers of Morocco) is a genus of neotheropod dinosaur, possibly a ceratosaur, from the Pliensbachian-Toarcian-age Lower Jurassic Toundoute Continental Series found in the High Atlas of Toundoute, Ouarzazate, Morocco. The type species of the genus Berberosaurus is B. liassicus, in reference to the Lias epoch. Berberosaurus might be the oldest known ceratosaur, and is based on partial postcranial remains.