Spinostropheus
| Spinostropheus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, | |
|---|---|
| Speculative reconstruction of Spinostropheus as a noasaurid | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Neotheropoda |
| Genus: | †Spinostropheus Sereno et al. 2004 |
| Type species | |
| †Spinostropheus gautieri Lapparent, 1960 (originally Elaphrosaurus gautieri) | |
Spinostropheus is a genus of carnivorous neotheropod theropod dinosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic period and has been found in the Tiouraren Formation, Niger. The type and only species is S. gautieri.