Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Synonym: Irritatoridae Martill et al. 1996
Full reference: E. Stromer. 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 Abhandlung 28(3):1-31
Parent taxon: Megalosauroidea according to A. Sharma et al. 2023
See also Allain et al. 2012, Barsbold 1983, Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1980, Carrano et al. 2012, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Colbert and Russell 1969, Dal Sasso et al. 2005, Hanson and Makovicky 2013, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz 1996, Holtz 2000, Holtz et al. 2004, Huene 1926, Huene 1927, Huene 1948, Kellner 1996, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Kurzanov 1989, Lull 1924, Maleev 1968, Martill et al. 1996, Matthew and Brown 1922, Medeiros 2006, Milner 1997, Molnar 1992, Nopcsa 1923, Paul 1988, Rauhut et al. 2016, Romer 1966, Roxo 1937, Sadleir et al. 2008, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Sereno et al. 1998, Sereno et al. 1996, Sereno et al. 1994, Steel 1970, Stromer 1915, Stromer 1934, Stromer 1934, Sues et al. 2002, Tatarinov 1964, Tong et al. 2019, Walker 1964 and Yates 2005
Sister taxa: Megalosauria, Megalosauridae, Piatnitzkysauridae, Sciurumimus
Subtaxa: Baryonychinae Iberospinus Siamosaurus Sinopliosaurus fusuiensis Spinosaurinae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore