#chenanisaurus

[daily-mspaint-paleoart]

04/09/2025 Zarafasaura + Riverbank

[mesozoicmarket]

A dinosaur tooth of a Chenanisaurus barbaricus from the Couche III in the phosphate mines of Oued Zem, Khouribga, Morocco. This rare abelisaurid theropod lived at the very end of the Cretaceous during the Maastrichtian. Fossils like Chenanisaurus are unusual as these are terrestrial species found in marine deposits, and represent rare dinosaur remains washed out to sea.

[tff-praefectus]

Chenanisaurus barbaricus tooth

[ra-horakhty-art]

Chenanisaurus

[saddinosaurfacts]

CHENANISAURUS Named after Sidi Chennane mine Late Cretaceous, 68-66 million years ago

This Moroccan abelisaurid was about as tall as a modern-day camel, but up to 26 feet long! Officially described in 2017, it is one of the newest dinosaurs found, and possibly one of the last dinosaurs living. That's right, barring new finds, it’s very likely that Chenanisaurus was able to watch everything around it perish during the K-T extinction event!

In fact, Morocco was so much closer to Mexico at the end of the Cretaceous, Chenanisaurus might even have been able to see the flash from the asteroid! Lucky!

No chenanigans.

[bryonieamber]

i’d like to be better at drawing dinosaurs someday, but this assignment was basically my first paleoart since i was 11

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Have you heard of the new African Abelisaur, Chenanisaurus? I've read that it may be the first dinosaur named from the end-Cretaceous in Africa, which is really cool, even if it isn't a ground-breaking find

Well there are the dinosaurs from end-Cretaceous Madagascar, but it is an important find given that it’s from mainland Africa

[mesozoicmarket]

A dinosaur tooth, likely a Chenanisaurus barbaricus from the Couche III in the phosphate mines of Sidi Chennane, Oued Zem, Khouribga, Morocco. A recent study suggests that multiple species or genera of abelisaurids may have lived in this Maastrichtian deposit, though they are described as being smaller than Chenanisaurus. The tooth has a midline serration density of 10/5mm on both carinae typical of this species.