Spinosaurus

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Megalosauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Superfamilia: †Megalosauroidea

Familia: †Spinosauridae
Subfamilia: †Spinosaurinae
Genus: †Spinosaurus
Species: †S. aegyptiacus – †S. maroccanus

Name

Spinosaurus Stromer, 1915

Type species: Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer, 1915

Etymology: from Latin spīna (“spine”) + Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

References

Primary references

• Stromer von Reichenbach, E. 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 28: 1–32. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Buffetaut, E. 1989. New remains of the enigmatic dinosaur Spinosaurus from the Cretaceous of Morocco and the affinities between Spinosaurus and Baryonyx. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Monatshefte 1989(2): 79–87. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Hendrickx, C. & Mateus, O. 2014. Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and dentition-based phylogeny as a contribution for the identification of isolated theropod teeth. Zootaxa 3759(1): 1–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3759.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Spinosaurus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

日本語: スピノサウルス
한국어: 스피노사우루스
polski: Spinozaur
português: Espinossauro
ไทย: สไปโนซอรัส
українська: Спинозавр
Tiếng Việt: Thằn lằn xương sống
中文: 棘龍

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