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Spinostropheus

Spinostropheus gautieri (Lapparent 1960)

Early Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 161.5–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Spinostropheus gautieri is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 161.5–93.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Lapparent 1960). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Spinostropheus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Spinostropheus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Spinostropheus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus tilletti
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predator–prey
Sauropelta
Sauropelta edwardsorum
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predator–prey
Eolambia
Eolambia caroljonesa
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coexisted–with
Asiaceratops
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis
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coexisted–with
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
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same–clade
Yaverlandia
Yaverlandia bitholus
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same–clade
Eotyrannus
Eotyrannus lengi
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same–clade
Ambiortus
Ambiortus dementjevi
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