Giant Carnivores from Prehistoric Africa
A team of paleontologists from the University of Chicago led by the world- famous and celebrated paleontologist, Paul Sereno have published papers on two new carnivores from Gondwanaland, the ancestors of the biggest dinosaur meat-eaters of all.

These two dinosaurs date from the Albian fauna stage of the Lower Cretaceous (approximately 110 million years ago), one was possibly a specialist scavenger, the other a fierce predator, with teeth designed to tackle live prey. The University of Chicago team have had their work published in the scientific journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. The paper has been co-authored by Paul Sereno and Stephen Brusatte. Stephen, who worked with Dr Sereno as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago and is now based in Britain, commented on the importance of these two finds. He stated that the different dentition and shape of the skulls gave the scientists an insight into the type of food these animals ate, comparing the 110 million year old fossils to the type of ecosystem found on the Masai Mara with Hyenas and Lions.

Niger - An Important Country for Palaeontologists and their Work The partial, incomplete fossil skeletons were first unearthed in 2000, in the African country of Niger. Niger has proved to be a lucrative hunting ground for the University of Chicago with Dr Sereno being responsible for a number of prehistoric animal discoveries.

The dinosaurs have been named Kryptops palaios (means old hidden face ) and Eocarcharia dinops (means fierce-eyed dawn shark ). Kryptops had a Hot ridge covering much of its snout, the blunt muzzle and the relatively small but sharp teeth indicate that this animal may have specialised in scavenging the kills of other predators. Eocarcharia was about the same size as Kryptops at about 8metres long and standing 2.2 metres at the hips, it also had a bony brow, typical of the Allosauroidea family. The re-curved and very sharp teeth of Eocarcharia indicate that this animal was a predator, tackling live prey.

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