Spinostropheus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Africa. Its fossils have been found in places such as Agadez Region (Niger) and Niger.
Quick facts about Spinostropheus:
- Existed from 145 million years ago to 93.5 million years ago
- Lived in a desert
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Spinostropheus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. F. d. Lapparent. 1953. Gisements de Dinosauriens dans le "Continental intercalaire" d'In Abangarit (Sahara méridional) [Dinosaur localities in the "Continental Intercalaire" of In Abangarit (southern Sahara)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 236:1905-1906
- A. F. d. Lapparent. 1959. Les dinosauriens du Sahara central [The dinosaurs of the central Sahara]. Comptes Rendus de la Société Géologique de France 1959:87
- P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, and D. B. Dutheil, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, B. Moussa, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, J. A. Wilson. 1999. Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs. Science 286:1342-1347
