Bahariasaurus

["B B" <stygimoloch_419@hotmail.com>]

I have been contemplating a hypothesis (I heard parts of it somewhere 
before, but am not sure where) regarding mainly Bahariasaurus and its 
relationships to other predatory dinosaurs.  Problem is, my available 
information I have is not that great, so if anyone has some good pictures, 
illustrations, etc, of any of the material in question I would appreciate 
it.  If you feel it is an unsound argument feel free to pick it apart.  Here 
is my hypothesis:  I think Bahariasaurus was a basal tyrannosaur.  A pelvis 
that supposedly belongs to it seems to indicate tyrannosaur affinities.  
Tyrannosaur premaxiliary teeth are known from India (they were previously 
reffered to Indosuchus).  How would a tyrannosaur, which are found mainly on 
Laurasian continents, get into India which would have been isolated from the 
rest of the world for some time?  The answer would have to be that they 
moves into India before it seperated from Africa and Madagascar.  They could 
have gotten into Africa from Europe.  Bahariasaurus is in the right time and 
place to be one of these African tyrannosaurs.  A lot of the reffered 
material of Bahariasaurus, however, has similarities to various other 
Theropod groups.  I beleive that much of this referred material does not 
belong in Bahariasaurus but with other theropods, including Deltadromeus and 
Carcharodontosaurus.  I suspect there may be a relationship between 
Bahariasaurus and Dryptosaurus and/or Alectrosaurus.

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