Veterupristisaurus

Type Species: Veterupristisaurus milneri

Classification: Dinosauria – Saurischia – Theropoda - Carnosauria – Allosauroidea – Allosauria – Carcharodontosauria – Carcharodontosauridae 

Time Period: Late Jurassic 

Location: East Africa

Diet: Carnivore

This carcharodontosaur of Africa indicates that the carcharodontosaur lineage – whose jaws are reminiscent of those belonging to sharks – stretched back into the Late Jurassic (though bigger members carried the stage in the Late Cretaceous). The thirty- to forty-foot-long Veterupristisaurus stalked the muddy banks of a lagoon in Late Jurassic east Africa. Though it’s already noteworthy for being so large – undoubtedly the top predator in its environment – some scholars believe the remains we have actually belong to a juvenile, which would make Veterupristisaurus even larger in adulthood!