Named By: | P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson & J. L. Conrad in 2004 |
Time Period: | Middle Jurassic |
Location: | Nigeria |
Size: | Estimated around 4 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Neotheropoda | Ceratosauria | |
Also known as: | | Elaphrosaurus gautieri | |
Spinostropheus is a genus of small carnivorous ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic period of Niger. The type and only species is S. gautieri.