Spinosaurus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Megalosauroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Spinosauridae
Subfamilia: †Spinosaurinae
Genus: †Spinosaurus
Species: †S. aegyptiacus – †S. maroccanus
Name
[edit]Spinosaurus Stromer, 1915
Type species: Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer, 1915
Etymology: from Latin spīna (“spine”) + Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Spinosaurus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Vernacular names
[edit]한국어: 스피노사우루스
polski: Spinozaur
português: Espinossauro
ไทย: สไปโนซอรัส
українська: Спинозавр
Tiếng Việt: Thằn lằn xương sống
中文: 棘龍
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