Species
Valid Extinct

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

Stromer 1915

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
26
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Megalosauroidea Superfamily
Spinosauridae Family
Spinosaurinae Subfamily
Spinosaurini Unranked clade
Spinosaurus Genus
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Species
Fossil sites 26 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
17
🇩🇿 Algeria
4
🇪🇬 Egypt
4
🇹🇳 Tunisia
1
Geological formations
Gara Sbaa
5
Ifezouane
4
Douira
3
Baharîje
3
Grès rouges
2
Aïn el Guettar
1
Continental Intercalaire
1
Gara Samani
1
Bahariya
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
24
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Synonyms (2)
Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis subjective synonym of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
Spinosaurus marrocanus subjective synonym of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (13)
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E. Buffetaut and M. Ouaja. 2002. A new specimen of Spinosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Tunisia, with remarks on the evolutionary history of the Spinosauridae. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 173(5):412-421 DOI ↗
P. Taquet and D. A. Russell. 1998. New data on spinosaurid dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of the Sahara. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 327:347-353 DOI ↗
D. A. Russell. 1996. Isolated dinosaur bones from the Middle Cretaceous of the Tafilalt, Morocco. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4e série, section C 18(2-3):349-402
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