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genus · 2 represented species

Spinosaurus

Spinosaurus is a genus of giant, water-associated spinosaurid theropods from Cenomanian northern Africa, represented here by S. aegyptiacus and S. mirabilis.

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Spinosaurus

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Representative silhouette for Spinosaurus
2Direct child groups
3Countries represented
100.5–93.9 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

species

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

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Spinosaurus mirabilis

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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

Distribution

Geographic record

Egypt · Morocco · Niger

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

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology