| Tameryraptor Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Theropoda |
| Suborder: | †Carcharodontosauria |
| Genus: | †Tameryraptor Kellermann, Cuesta & Rauhut, 2025 |
| Species: | †T. markgrafi |
| Type species | |
| †Tameryraptor markgrafi Kellermann, Cuesta & Rauhut, 2025 | |
Tameryraptor (meaning thief from the beloved land) is an extinct genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod that lived in Late Cretaceous of Egypt. The type species is Tameryraptor markgrafi.
Discovery and Naming[]
Skeletal of known Tameryraptor material. Credit: M. Kellermann, E. Cuesta, O. W. M. Rauhut
In April 1914, the skeleton (SNSB-BSPG 1922 X 46) was discovered near Ain Gedid in Egypt by Austro-Hungarian paleontologist Richard Markgraf. Markgraf extensively collected dinosaur skeletons in Bahariya for his employer, Ernest Stromer. Due to the political tensions in German Empire and British Empire, it took years to get to Germany, where is was housed in Munich. There, Stromer found it necessary to erect a new genus for this species, Carcharodontosaurus. However, the material was destroyed during WWII, where most of its skeleton is destroyed during British bombing raid on Munich. An endocast survived the bombing, and it is the only remaining relic of this specimen. Eventually in 2025, it was named and described by Kellermann, Cuesta & Rauhut. the generic name is named after the informal name of Ancient Egypt, while the specific name is named after Richard Markgraf.
Description[]
In 1914, Stromer estimated that the size of it is similar to the Gorgosaurus. Its holotype was initially interpreted as one of the most complete postcranial specimens of Carcharodontosaurus. The specimen preserves three cervical vertebrae. The pelvis is incomplete. The ischium is pointed almost directly horizontally, and the pubes are likely nearly 1 meter (3.3 ft) when fully preserved. The specimen consists of a partial skull.
The sheer theropod diversity throughout the Bahariya formation. Credit: TheBagelofNuts
Classification[]
It is classified as a non-carcharodontosaurine member of carcharodontosauridae.
Paleoecology[]
It lived with Spinosaurus, Paralititan, multiple species of abelisaurids, crocodylomorphs; pterosaurs and others in the Bahariya Formation.