Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

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 Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Superfamilia: †Megalosauroidea

Familia: †Spinosauridae
Subfamilia: †Spinosaurinae
Genus: †Spinosaurus
Species: †Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

Name

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer, 1915

Type locality: Egypt, Gebel El-Dist, Bahariya Formation

Holotype: BSP 1915 VIII 19 (destroyed in WW2)

Neotype: FSAC-KK 11888

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

• Smith, J.B., Lamanna, M.C., Mayr, H. & Lacovara, K.J. 2006. New information regarding the holotype of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer, 1915. Journal of paleontology 80(2): 400–406. DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0400:NIRTHO]2.0.CO;2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Carrano, M.T., Benson, R.B.J. & Sampson, S.D. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2): 211–300. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.630927 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Ibrahim, N., Sereno, P.C., Dal Sasso, C., Maganuco, S., Fabbri, M., Martill, D.M., Zouhri, S., Myhrvold N, Iurino, D.A. 2014. Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur. Science 345: 1613–1616. DOI: 10.1126/science.1258750 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Spinosaurus aegyptiacus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

português: Espinossauro-egípcio

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