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BAHARIYA OASIS
Cretaceous fossils were
found here in the early
1900s, but were destroyed
during World War II. Only
alGEria now are paleontologists
studying the area again,
mauriTania and new discoveries are
being made.
mali
libYa
GuinEa
burkina niGEr 10
bahariya
EGYPT oasis
ivorY bEnin 11 12
coasT Ghana ToGo
niGEria chad
9
camEroon
sudan saudi
cEnTral african arabia
rEPublic
THE MAp
Some of Africa’s Gabon
major dinosaur conGo
locations are shown
on this map, together
with the dinosaurs
found there. EThioPia
dEmocraTic
rEPublic of
conGo uGanda
TENDAGURU
One of the world’s
greatest dinosaur bone
anGola beds was excavated
Tanzania
here, uncovering Jurassic
sauropods, stegosaurs, and
2 carnivores, together with sharks,
4 crocodiles, fish, and pterosaurs.
zambia 1
tendaguru
namibia
6
7
boTswana
zimbabwE mozambiquE
8
souTh africa
3
swaziland MADAGASCAR
5 madaGascar
lEsoTho About 150 million years ago, Madagascar
6 broke away from Africa, leaving its dinosaurs
to develop on their own. However, since it
was joined to India, there are similarities with
the dinosaurs that have been found in India.
