Rugops
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| phylum | Chordata | Rugops (meaning "wrinkle face") is a genus of theropod dinosaur which inhabited what is now Africa approximately 95 million years ago (Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous). The discovery of a Rugops skull in Niger in 2000 was a crucial breakthrough in the understanding of the evolution of theropods in that area, and demonstrates that this landmass was still united with Gondwana at that stage in history.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| infraclass | Dinosauria | |
| order | Saurischia | |
| Suborder | Theropoda | |
| family | Abelisauridae | |
| genus | Rugops | |
| species | R. primus | |
| Period | Late Cretaceous |
