Species
Valid Extinct

Spinosaurus mirabilis

Sereno et al. 2026

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Megalosauroidea Superfamily
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Spinosauridae Family
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Spinosaurinae Subfamily
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Spinosaurini Unranked clade
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Spinosaurus Genus
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Spinosaurus mirabilis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇪 Niger
2
Geological formations
Farak
2
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
P. C. Sereno, D. Vidal, and N. P. Myhrvold, E. Johnson-Ransom, M. Ciudad Real, S. L. Baumgart, N. Sánchez Fontela, T. L. Green, E. T. Saitta, B. Adamou, L. L. Bop, T. M. Keillor, E. C. Fitzgerald, D. B. Dutheil, R. A. S. Laroche, A. V. Demers-Potvin. 2026. Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation. Science 391(6787):1-10 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. C. Sereno, D. Vidal, and N. P. Myhrvold, E. Johnson-Ransom, M. Ciudad Real, S. L. Baumgart, N. Sánchez Fontela, T. L. Green, E. T. Saitta, B. Adamou, L. L. Bop, T. M. Keillor, E. C. Fitzgerald, D. B. Dutheil, R. A. S. Laroche, A. V. Demers-Potvin. 2026. Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation. Science 391(6787):1-10 DOI ↗