| Named By: | Paul Sereno, Jeffrey Wilson, Hans Larsson, Didier Dutheil, and HansinDieter Sues in 1994 |
| Time Period: | Middle Jurassic, 167-161 Ma |
| Location: | Africa, Niger, Abaka, Tiouraren Formation |
| Size: | 7-8 meters long |
| Diet: | unavailable |
| Fossil(s): | A single, almost complete skeleton. Lower jaw, parts of the skull, some vertebrae, some ribs and parts of pelvis missing. Fore and hind limbs are mostly complete |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Tetanurae | Megalosauridae | |
Afrovenator ("African hunter") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the middle Jurassic Period of northern Africa. It was a bipedal predator, with three claws on each hand.