Ankylosaur from Niger?

[svcgoat]

A collector is selling some of his collection and one of the pieces I am interested in one of these two Ankylosaur specimens labeled from Cretaceous Niger.

 

However to my understanding the only Ankylosaur described from Africa is from the Middle Jurassic in Morocco.

Are these from sm Ankylosaur at least even if local can't 109% be verified?

@jpc @hadrosauridae

[svcgoat]

Labeled as Elrhaz Formation Niger

[jpc]

I am not familiar with any ankylosaur stuff from Niger, but then I am also not very familiar with the material from Gadoufaoua, which is where the signage says it is from.   

Edited January 11 by jpc

[svcgoat]

Just now, jpc said:

I am not familiar with any ankylosaur stuff from Niger, but then I am also not very familiar with the material from Gadoufaoua, which is where the signage says it is from.   

When I look up Gadoufaoua it says it's part of the Elrhaz Formation which I think is where suchomimus etc is from

[svcgoat]

@jpcregardless of location is there a way to determine it's at least ankylosaurian?

[jpc]

I did think of commenting on that.  

It could be....

That's all I got for you on this one.

 

[jpc]

Do a google scholar search for "Gadouafoua sereno".  That'll give you lots to look at.