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family · 4 represented species

Spinosauridae

Spinosauridae is included in this curated classification as a family within Tetanurae. Its displayed membership follows the simplified relationships used by this dataset.

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Spinosauridae

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Representative silhouette for Spinosauridae
3Direct child groups
4Countries represented
130–93.9 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

genus

Spinosaurus

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Baryonyx

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Suchomimus

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Side-view life reconstruction of Spinosaurus aegyptiacusArt by PaleoGeekSquared · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

A giant North African spinosaurid with an elongated, narrow snout, conical teeth, towering neural spines and a deep, fin-like tail. How much time it spent swimming remains actively debated.

carnivore~14 m
Side-view life reconstruction of Spinosaurus mirabilis with its tall curved head crestArt by Connor Ashbridge · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Spinosaurus mirabilis

A newly named Spinosaurus species from Niger, recognised by a tall, scimitar-shaped crest above the skull roof. It is known only from immature, incomplete individuals.

carnivore~8 m
Side-view life reconstruction of Baryonyx walkeri by PaleoGeekSquaredArt by PaleoGeekSquared · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Baryonyx walkeri

An Early Cretaceous spinosaurid from southern England with a long, low snout, conical teeth and an enormous thumb claw. Its partial skeleton preserves rare direct evidence of a mixed diet that included fish and an iguanodontian dinosaur.

carnivore~8.5 m
Full-body life reconstruction of Suchomimus tenerensisArt by Connor Ashbridge · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cretaceous

Suchomimus tenerensis

A large, long-snouted spinosaurid from Early Cretaceous Niger with conical teeth, powerful forelimbs, an enlarged thumb claw and a low sail over its hips.

carnivore~11 m

Distribution

Geographic record

Egypt · Morocco · Niger · United Kingdom

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology