Spinostropheus
| Spinostropheus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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| Speculative reconstruction of Spinostropheus as a noasaurid | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Neotheropoda |
| Genus: | †Spinostropheus Sereno et al., 2004 |
| Type species | |
| †Spinostropheus gautieri Lapparent, 1960 (originally Elaphrosaurus gautieri)
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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.