Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Spinosauridae
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer 1915
Early Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 119.6–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 119.6–93.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Stromer 1915. The species is represented by 26 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~65%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 26 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Spinosaurus sits in deep time
Spinosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Spinosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.