Australopithecus bahrelghazali is a fossil hominin discovered in 1995 by a Franco-Chadian team led by the paleontologist Michel Brunet. Two fossils have been described: - A mandibular fragment found at Chad east of the Bahr el Ghazal ("river of gazelles") to about forty-five kilometers from the fort of Koro Toro, by the Franco-Chadian team of Michel Brunet (paleontologist) January 23, 1995 on the site called KT12. Named after the name of the fossil valley near where it was discovered, cataloged KT12 / H1, the holotype consists of a mandibular fragment, a lower second incisor, both lower canines, and all four of its premolars, still affixed within the dental alveoli.