Spinostropheus

Spinostropheus is a genus of carnivorous ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic period and has been found in the Tiouraren Formation, Niger. The type and only species is S. gautieri.

Spinostropheus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
Life restoration of S. gautieri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Ceratosauria
Genus: Spinostropheus
Sereno et al. 2004
Type species
Spinostropheus gautieri
Lapparent, 1960 (originally Elaphrosaurus gautieri)
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