Suborder
Valid Extinct

Spinosauria

Olshevsky 1991

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Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Spinosauria
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Collage of four spinosaurids. From top left to right: Baryonyx, Irritator, Suchomimus and Spinosaurus. These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Spinosauridae on Wikipedia. File:Bryonyx.jpg File:Irritator challengeri mount 01.jpg File:Suchomimuscroc.png File:Spinosaurus swimming.jpg © User:ケラトプスユウタ Kabacchi User:Hello!mrsax Mike Bowler · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Spinosauria Suborder
News 6
New evidence suggests spinosaurus spent most of its life underwater
fossil Spinosauria discovery
Millions of years after animals first conquered land, some took an extraordinary evolutionary U-turn and returned to the water. Using machine learning and thousands of fossil measurements, Yale scientists have uncovered surprising clues about which prehistoric creatures truly became aquatic. Their findings suggest that Spinosaurus spent most of its life underwater, while some ancient marine reptiles previously thought to be fully aquatic actually spent considerable time on land.
25/10/2026 sciencedaily
New Haolonggood Prehistoric Animal Figures in Stock at Everything Dinosaur
Dinosauria Spinosauria Tyrannosaurus
A large Haolonggood shipment of figures has arrived at Everything Dinosaur.  There are fourteen, new Haolonggood prehistoric animal figures in stock.  Tyrannosaurs, the Ancient Witness Paraceratherium, proboscidean models and the Spinosaurus mirabilis figures have arrived.  Consequently, Mike and Sue have been busy supervising the unloading.  Furthermore, customers have to be contacted. Four new tyrannosaur
23/10/2026 everythingdinosaur
Exclusive Spinosaurus Scale Drawing Celebrating a New Species
scale drawing Niger Dinosauria Spinosauria +3
Everything Dinosaur has commissioned a Spinosaurus mirabilis scale drawing as the company prepares for the arrival of the new Haolonggood S. mirabilis models.  This illustration will be used in the company's fact sheet about this recently described spinosaurid known from the Farak Formation of Niger (Africa).  Creating the scale drawing for this dinosaur was challenging. 
04/10/2026 everythingdinosaur
New Haolonggood Purussaurus Models Coming into Stock
United Kingdom Miocene Dinosauria Ouranosaurus Spinosauria
The two, recently announced Haolonggood Purussaurus models are coming into stock at Everything Dinosaur. The UK-based mail order company already stocks the Haolonggood Sarcosuchus figures. They make an excellent accompaniment to Haolonggood's Spinosaurus and Ouranosaurus models.  Purussaurus lived during the Miocene Epoch. Therefore, this crocodilian is geologically much younger than Sarcosuchus. Two colour variants
03/10/2026 everythingdinosaur
Inspiring Young Palaeontologists – Alex’s Amazing Prehistoric Animal Knowledge
Allosauria Dinosauria Pteranodon Pterosauria Spinosauria
Everything Dinosaur team members Mike and Sue recently welcomed a very special visitor. Nine-year-old Alex called in with his mum, Lisa, to talk about prehistoric animals. Alex brought along some of his favourite prehistoric creatures. These included Allosaurus, Spinosaurus, Deinosuchus and the famous pterosaur Pteranodon. Despite being just nine years old, Alex demonstrated remarkable knowledge. 
07/09/2026 everythingdinosaur
A Beautiful Spinosaurus Illustration by a Young Palaeoartist
drawing Dinosauria Spinosauria
Our thanks to Caldey for sending into Everything Dinosaur her wonderful drawing of a theropod dinosaur.  It is the recently described Spinosaurus mirabilis and this colourful dinosaur is carefully making its way across a frozen lake.  It is a vibrant Spinosaurus mirabilis illustration.  The dinosaur is gazing intently at the frozen surface, perhaps it has
05/08/2026 everythingdinosaur
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Bibliography
Original description
G. Olshevsky. 1991. A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2:1-196