Spinosuchus (meaning "spined crocodile") is an extinct genus of trilophosaurid allokotosaur from the Late Triassic of Texas, southern United States. It has been assigned to a variety of groups over its history, from coelophysid dinosaur to pseudosuchian to uncertain theropod dinosaur and to Proterosuchidae. This uncertainty is not unusual, given that it was only known from a poorly preserved, wall-mounted, partial vertebral column of an animal that lived in a time of diverse, poorly known reptile groups. However, newly collected material and recent phylogenetic studies of early archosauromorphs suggest that it represents an advanced trilophosaurid very closely related to Trilophosaurus.[1][2]
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Spinosuchus (meaning "spined crocodile") is an extinct genus of trilophosaurid allokotosaur from the Late Triassic of Texas, southern United States. It...
Allokotosauria and recovered T. jacobsi to be more closely related to Spinosuchus caseanus than to the type species of Trilophosaurus. To further test...
Spiclypeus Spicomellus Spinophorosaurus Spinops Spinosaurus Spinostropheus Spinosuchus – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian reptile Spondylosoma – subsequently...
†Sphenodiscus lobatus †Sphenodiscus pleurisepta †Spinosuchus – type locality for genus †Spinosuchus caseanus – type locality for species †Spironema Spondylus...
Saltopus, and Tanystropheus. Von Huene grouped Podokesaurus, Coelophysis, Spinosuchus, Halticosaurus, Saltopus, Avipes, and Velocipes in Podokesauridae in...
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Spinosuchus Valid Friedrich von Huene Late Triassic (late Carnian) Tecovas Formation US ( Texas) A...
†Sphenodiscus pleurisepta †Sphenodiscus tirensis †Spinosuchus – type locality for genus †Spinosuchus caseanus – type locality for species †Spironema †Spironema...
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