Afrovenator

Afrovenator (aff-ROW-ven-ah-tor) ("African Hunter”) is a type of Megalosauridae dinosaur. These carnivores first appeared in the Middle Jurassic, megalosaurids were among the first group of large theropod dinosaurs.

Afrovenator lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic Period on the Tiourarén Formation of Niger Sahara region Western Africa.