Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae

Alternative combination: Spinosaurus aegypticus

Synonyms: Oxalaia quilimboensis Kellner et al. 2011, Oxalaia quilombensis Kellner et al. 2011, Sigilmassasaurus brevicolis Russell 1996, Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis Russell 1996, Spinosaurus maroccanus Russell 1996, Spinosaurus marrocannus Russell 1996, Spinosaurus marrocanus Russell 1996

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

Belongs to Spinosaurus according to R. S. H. Smyth et al. 2020

See also Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2018, Arden et al. 2019, Aureliano et al. 2018, Benyoucef et al. 2015, Bertozzo et al. 2013, Bonaparte 1986, Bouaziz et al. 1988, Buffetaut 1989, Buffetaut 1992, Buffetaut 2007, Buffetaut 2010, Buffetaut et al. 1990, Buffetaut and Ouaja 2002, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro et al. 2011, Candeiro et al. 2006, Carrano et al. 2012, Cavin et al. 2010, Chabli 1986, Charig 1967, Chiarenza and Cau 2016, Dal Sasso et al. 2005, de França et al. 2021, Depéret and Savornin 1928, Evers et al. 2015, Ezcurra and Agnolin 2017, Fanti et al. 2014, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Furon 1963, Furtado et al. 2013, Gasca et al. 2018, Gianechini et al. 2011, Hasegawa et al. 2010, Hassler et al. 2018, Hendrickx et al. 2016, Holtz et al. 2004, Hone et al. 2011, Huene 1923, Huene 1926, Huene 1927, Ibrahim et al. 2014, Ibrahim et al. 2020, Kellner 1996, Kellner et al. 2011, Kellner and Campos 1996, Kuhn 1939, Lakin and Longrich 2019, Langston 1974, Lapparent 1957, Le Loeuff 1997, Le Loeuff et al. 2012, Lindoso et al. 2012, Lü et al. 2010, Lü et al. 2009, Malafaia et al. 2020, Maleev 1968, Mateus et al. 2011, Mateus and Estraviz-López 2022, McFeeters 2021, McFeeters et al. 2013, Medeiros 2006, Medeiros et al. 2007, Milner 1997, Molnar 1974, Molnar 1991, Molnar et al. 1990, Molnar and Pledge 1980, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2005, Novas et al. 2005, Paul 1988, Pereira et al. 2020, Rauhut 2003, Regagba et al. 2007, Richter et al. 2012, Richter et al. 2013, Russell 1996, Salem et al. 2022, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sereno et al. 1998, Serrano-Martínez et al. 2016, Steel 1970, Stromer 1915, Stromer 1934, Stromer 1934, Stromer 1936, Sues et al. 2002, Swinton 1970, Taquet 1984, Taquet 1984, Taquet 2010, Taquet and Russell 1998, Tatarinov 1964, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Vila et al. 2011 and Wongko et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Spinosaurus aegyptiacus: BSP 1915, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Gebel el Dist (7p), which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine sandstone/sandstone in the Baharîje Formation of Egypt.
• Oxalaia quilombensis: MN 6117-V, a partial skull (Fused premaxillae). Its type locality is Laje do Coringa, Ilha do Cajual, which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay sandstone/conglomerate in the Alcântara Formation of Brazil.
• Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis: NMC 41857. Its type locality is Tafilalt region (NMC/CMN), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in Morocco.
• Spinosaurus marrocanus: NMC 50791, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Tafilalt region (NMC/CMN), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in Morocco.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

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