Sauroniops

Sauroniops
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian,
Holotype specimen, a left frontal bone (MPM 2594)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Carcharodontosauridae
Genus: Sauroniops
Cau et al., 2013
Type species
Sauroniops pachytholus
Cau et al., 2013

Sauroniops is a controversial genus of carnivorous carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian stage) of Morocco. It is known from the Gara Sbaa Formation of the Kem Kem beds and contains a single species, S. pachytholus.