REPUBLIC OF NIGER

AGADES REGION

THIROZERINE DEPT.

NORTH OF THE RURAL COMMUNITY OF ADERBISSINAT

IRHAZER GROUP

BAJOCIAN STAGE

LOWER MIDDLE DOGGER EPOCH- BATHONIAN STAGE

UPPER MIDDLE DOGGER EPOCH

MIDDLE JURASSIC

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985

INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992

SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842

COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881

AVEPODA PAUL, 2002

SUPERORDER: NEOTHEROPODA BAKKER, 1986

GRANDORDER: TETANURAE GAUTHIER, 1986

ORDER: NEOTETANURAE SERENO, WILSON, LARSSON, DUTHEIL &

SUBORDER: CARNOSAURIA HUENE, 1920

Superfamily: Incertae sedis

Family: MEGALOSAURIDAE Huxley, 1889

Gen. sp indet.

GRANDORDER: TETANURAE GAUTHIER, 1986

ORDER: SPINOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991

Family: SPINOSAURIDAE Stromer, 1915

Gen. sp indet.

COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985

SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932

GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)

MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878

Incertae sedis

*Spinophorosaurus nigerensis

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