Spinosaurus Stromer 1915 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae

Synonym: Oxalaia Kellner et al. 2011

Full reference: E. Stromer. 1915. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 3. Das Original des Theropoden Spinosaurus aegyptiacus nov. gen., nov. spec. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-physikalische Klasse Abhandlung 28(3):1-31

Parent taxon: Spinosaurinae according to C. T. Barker et al. 2021

See also Arden et al. 2019, Bonaparte 1986, Bouaziz et al. 1988, Buffetaut 1989, Buffetaut 2010, Buffetaut and Ouaja 2002, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro et al. 2006, Carrano et al. 2012, Carroll 1988, Chabli 1986, Charig 1967, Dal Sasso et al. 2005, Ezcurra 2009, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Hendrickx et al. 2016, Holtz et al. 2004, Huene 1923, Huene 1926, Huene 1927, Ibrahim et al. 2014, Kellner 1996, Kellner et al. 2011, Kellner and Campos 1996, Kuhn 1939, Kurzanov 1989, Lü et al. 2010, Malafaia et al. 2020, Maleev 1968, Mateus et al. 2011, Medeiros 2006, Milner 1997, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1992, Molnar et al. 1990, Naish and Martill 2007, Nopcsa 1928, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1996, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno et al. 1998, Sereno et al. 1994, Smyth et al. 2020, Steel 1970, Stromer 1915, Stromer 1934, Stromer 1934, Sues et al. 2002, Swinton 1970, Taquet 1984, Taquet 1984, Taquet 2010, Taquet and Russell 1998, Tatarinov 1964 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: Angaturama, Camarillasaurus, Ichthyovenator, Irritator, Sigilmassasaurus, Spinosaurini

Subtaxa: Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (5 collections), Brazil (1), Egypt (6), Kenya (1), Morocco (16), Niger (2), Tunisia (4)

Total: 35 collections including 42 occurrences

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