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Spinosauridae

Reptilia - Spinosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Spinosauridae Stromer p. 28
1922Spinosauridae Matthew and Brown p. 381
1923Spinosauridae Nopcsa p. 126
1924Spinosauridae Lull p. 231
1926Spinosauridae Huene p. 89
1927Spinosauridae Huene p. 266
1934Spinosauridae Stromer p. 23
1937Spinosauridae Roxo p. 65
1946Spinosauridae Kuhn p. 65
1948Spinosauridae Huene p. 90
1964Spinosauridae Tatarinov p. 538
1964Spinosauridae Walker p. 128
1966Spinosauridae Kuhn p. 96
1966Spinosauridae Romer p. 369
1967Spinosauridae Charig p. 714
1968Spinosauridae Maleev p. 95
1969Spinosauridae Colbert and Russell p. 45
1970Spinosauridae Steel p. 38
1975Sinopliosaurus fusuiensis Hou et al. pp. 13-14 fig. 3
1978Spinosauridae Bonaparte p. 323
1980Spinosauridae Bonaparte p. 82
1983Spinosauridae Barsbold p. 60
1986Siamosaurus Buffetaut and Ingavat p. 217 fig. 1
1986Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut and Ingavat p. 217
1988Spinosauridae Carroll
1988Spinosauridae Paul p. 271
1989Spinosauridae Kurzanov p. 3
1992Spinosauridae Molnar p. 266
1993Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut et al. p. 55
1994Spinosauridae Sereno et al. p. 268 fig. 3
1995Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut et al. p. 159
1995Siamosaurus suteethorni Nessov p. 44
1996Spinosauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 42A
1996Irritatoridae Martill et al.
1996Spinosauridae Sereno et al. p. 989 fig. 4
1997Siamosaurus suteehorni Buffetaut p. 690
1997Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut et al. p. 183
1997Spinosauridae Milner p. 699
1997Spinosauridae Sereno p. 456
1998Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut p. 92
1998Spinosauridae Sereno p. 64
1998Spinosauridae Sereno et al. p. 1302
1999Siamosaurus Buffetaut and Suteethorn
1999Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut and Suteethorn p. 17
1999Spinosauridae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2000Spinosauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 13 fig. 5
2002Spinosauridae Sues et al. p. 537
2003Siamosaurus Hasegawa et al. p. 2
2003Siamosaurus suteethorni Hasegawa et al. p. 2
2004Spinosauridae Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 72
2005Spinosauridae Dal Sasso et al. p. 888
2005Spinosauridae Yates p. 118 fig. 9
2006Siamosaurus Buffetaut et al. p. 26
2006Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut et al. p. 26
2006Spinosauridae Medeiros p. 335
2007Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut
2007Siamosaurus Buffetaut et al. p. 342
2007Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut et al. p. 342
2007Siamosaurus suteethorni Lauprasert et al. p. 202
2007Spinosauridae Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 189
2008Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut et al. p. 745
2008Siamosaurus Buffetaut et al. p. 747
2008Siamosaurus suteethorni Canudo et al. p. 660
2008Spinosauridae Sadleir et al. p. 70
2009Siamosaurus Buffetaut et al. p. 230
2010Siamosaurus Buffetaut p. 185
2010Siamosaurus suteethorni Buffetaut p. 185
2011Spinosauridae Bittencourt and Langer p. 35
2011Siamosaurus Mateus et al. p. 54
2011Siamosaurus suteethorni Mateus et al. p. 54
2011Siamosaurus suteethorni Wongko et al. p. 62
2012Spinosauridae Allain et al. p. 370
2012Spinosauridae Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2013Spinosauridae Hanson and Makovicky p. 781
2014Spinosauridae Hendrickx and Mateus
2014Siamosaurus Mo et al. p. 6
2014Siamosaurus Mo et al. p. 1057
2014Siamosaurus suteethorni Mo et al. p. 1057
2016Spinosauridae Rauhut et al. p. 38
2019Siamosaurus Arden et al. p. 279–280
2019Siamosaurus Samathi et al. p. 241
2019Siamosaurus suteethorni Samathi et al. p. 241
2019Spinosauridae Tong et al.
2019Siamosaurus suteethorni Wongko et al. p. 8
2022Siamosaurus suteethorni Ji et al. p. 1513
2023Spinosauridae Sharma et al. p. 656

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familySpinosauridae
familySpinosauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Spinosauridae Stromer 1915
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Subfm. †Baryonychinae Charig and Milner 1986
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G. †Baryonyx Charig and Milner 1986
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Baryonyx walkeri Charig and Milner 1986
Unr. †Ceratosuchopsini Barker et al. 2021
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G. †Ceratosuchops Barker et al. 2021
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Ceratosuchops inferodios Barker et al. 2021
G. †Riparovenator Barker et al. 2021
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Riparovenator milnerae Barker et al. 2021
G. †Suchomimus Sereno et al. 1998
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Suchomimus tenerensis Sereno et al. 1998
G. †Protathlitis Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023
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Protathlitis cinctorrensis Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023
G. †Vallibonavenatrix Malafaia et al. 2019
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Vallibonavenatrix cani Malafaia et al. 2019
Invalid names: Cristatusaurus Taquet and Russell 1998 [nomen dubium], Suchosaurus Owen 1842 [nomen dubium]
G. †Iberospinus Mateus and Estraviz-López 2022
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Iberospinus natarioi Mateus and Estraviz-López 2022
Subfm. †Spinosaurinae Sereno et al. 1998
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G. †Angaturama Kellner and Campos 1996
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Angaturama limai Kellner and Campos 1996
G. †Camarillasaurus Sánchez-Hernández and Benton 2014
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Camarillasaurus cirugedae Sánchez-Hernández and Benton 2014
G. †Ichthyovenator Allain et al. 2012
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Ichthyovenator laosensis Allain et al. 2012
G. †Irritator Martill et al. 1996
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Irritator challengeri Martill et al. 1996
G. †Sigilmassasaurus Russell 1996
G. †Spinosaurus Stromer 1915
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Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer 1915
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Invalid names: Oxalaia quilombensis Kellner et al. 2011 [synonym], Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis Russell 1996 [synonym], Spinosaurus marrocanus Russell 1996 [synonym]
Invalid names: Oxalaia Kellner et al. 2011 [synonym]
Invalid names: Spinosaurini Arden et al. 2019 [empty]
Invalid names: Irritatoridae Martill et al. 1996 [synonym], Siamosaurus Buffetaut and Ingavat 1986 [nomen dubium], Sinopliosaurus fusuiensis Hou et al. 1975 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. S. Lull 1924Teeth straight, conical, pointed; posterior neural spines strikingly high, reminding one of those of Dimetrodon
F. v. Huene 194812 m long. Dorsal vertebrae with elongated neural spines. Lower Cenomanian of Egypt.