Spinosaurus

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