What is List of African dinosaurs?
{{redlinks|date=January 2022}} This is a '''list of [[dinosaur]]s''' whose remains have been recovered from '''[[Africa]]'''. Africa has a rich fossil record, but it is patchy and incomplete. [[Prosauropod]]s dating from the [[late Triassic]] period, about 230 million years ago, have been discovered in [[Madagascar]]. Africa is rich in [[Triassic]] and [[Lower Jurassic|Early Jurassic]] dinosaurs. Dinosaurs from these time periods include ''[[Coelophysis|Syntarsus]]'', ''[[Dracovenator]]'', ''[[Melanorosaurus]]'', ''[[Massospondylus]]'', ''[[Euskelosaurus]]'', ''[[Heterodontosaurus]]'', ''[[Abrictosaurus]]'', and ''[[Lesothosaurus]]''. The [[Middle Jurassic]] is poorly represented in Africa. Only the three sauropods ''[[Cetiosaurus]]'', ''[[Lapparentosaurus]]'', and ''[[Archaeodontosaurus]]'' have been discovered dating from this time period. The [[Upper Jurassic|Late Jurassic]], however, is well represented in Africa, mainly thanks to the spectacular [[Tendaguru|Tendaguru Formation]], a [[Lagerstätte]] in southeastern Tanzania. ''[[Allosaurus]]'', ''[[Ceratosaurus]]'', ''[[Elaphrosaurus]]'', ''[[Giraffatitan]]'', ''[[Dicraeosaurus]]'', ''[[Janenschia]]'', ''[[Tornieria]]'', ''[[Tendaguria]]'', ''[[Kentrosaurus]]'', and ''[[Dryosaurus]]'' are among the dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Tendaguru. This fauna seems to show strong similarities to that of the [[Morrison Formation]] in the United States and the [[Lourinha Formation]] in Portugal. For example, ''[[Allosaurus]]'', ''[[Ceratosaurus]]'', and ''[[Dryosaurus]]'' have been found in both the Tendaguru and the Morrison. This has important [[biogeographical]] implications. This means the animals could travel between most continents at that time ([[Pangaea]]). The [[Lower Cretaceous|Early Cretaceous]] in Africa is known primarily from the northern part of the continent, particularly [[Niger]]. ''[[Suchomimus]]'', ''[[Elrhazosaurus]]'', ''[[Spinostropheus]]'', ''[[Rebbachisaurus]]'', ''[[Nigersaurus]]'', ''[[Kryptops]]'', ''[[Nqwebasaurus