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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
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.