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SPINOSTROPHEUS
(spy-noe-stro-fe-us)
meaning: "Spined vertebrae"
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 |
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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.

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