Spinostropheus
Field photograph to come
Spinostropheus
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- Lived
- 162 to 94 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- Niger
- Named by
- Sereno et al. 2004
Field notes
About Spinostropheus
Spinostropheus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous, 162 to 94 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Spinostropheus, from Niger. Its fossils come from rocks including the Echkar Formation and the Tiourarén Formation. It was named by Sereno et al. in 2004.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
130 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ceratosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, and J. L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271(1546):1325-1330