Spinostropheus

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Spinostropheus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (167–164 Mya)
Place
Niger
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Spinostropheus reconstruction by UniverseScienceItaly
Reconstruction · UniverseScienceItaly (CC0)

Spinostropheus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic period and has been found in the Tiourarén Formation, Niger. The type and only species is S. gautieri.

What we know

  • Named by Sereno et al., 2004.
  • Fossils found in Niger.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Spinostropheus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.