Species: aegyptiacus STROMER, 1915
Etymology: In reference to the country it was found, Egypt.
Holotype: BSP 1912 VII 19 (IPHG 1912 VIII 19) (Destroyed during WWII).
Locality: 3 km north of the Gebel el Dist in the basin of Baharija Oasis, Egypt.
Horizon: Baharija Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: ?Early Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowemrost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material: Dentary with teeth, cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, ribs.
Two verisons of a short skull.
Two versions of a longer skull. The bottom is after a new undescribed skull.
Three possible skeletal reconstructions.
Possible bending of the back (George Olshevsky).
IBRAHIM, SERENO, DAL SASSO, MAGANUCO, FABBRI, MARTILL, ZOUHRI, MYHRVOLD, & IURINO, 2014
Neotype: FSAC-KK 11888
Locality: Spinosaurus site, near Zrigat (also spelled Zrigat), South-east facing escarpemnt fringing the Aferdou Zrigat (Ikhf n Taqmout) plateau, an isoalted mesa of the more extensive Jbel Al Marka Plateau, northern margin of the Tafilalt Basin, Errachidia Province, Morocco.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material: Neural spine, left ilium, right manual II-1 phalanx, left femur, right tibia, and right pedal ungual.
Note: New material as per IBRAHIM, MAGANUCO, DAL SASSO, FABBRI, AUDITORE, BINDELLINI, MARTILL, ZOUHIR, MATTARELLI, UNWIN, WIEMANN, BONADONNA,AMANE, JAKUBCZAK, JOGER, LAUDER 7 PIERCE, 2020: Fragments of cranium and mandibles, several previously missing bones of the left ad right pes, and mostimportantly, most of the caudal vertebrae.
Referred material:
BENYOUCEF, CAVIN, MEBARKI, ADACI & BENSALAH, 2015
Locality: Kenasada and Nenaguir, Guir Basin, Algeria.
Horizon: Kem Kem beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
UTL25-MN1-12: 79 teeth.
UTL25-KD1-1: 2 teeth.
GOEDERT, AMIOT, BOUDAD, BUFFETAUT, FOUREL, GODEFROIT, KUSUHASHI, SUTEETHORN, TONG, WATABE, & lECUYER, 2016
Locality: Khetitila Shrira, Morocco.
Horizon: Ifezounae Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
Mca: Tooth.
HENDRICKX, MATEUS, & BUFFETAUT, 2016
Locality: Kem Kem area, Morocco.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
Morphotype I
MHNM.KK375, KK377, MSNM V6896: 6 quadrates.
Locality: Jorf (Tafilalt), northwest of Erfound, Morocco.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
Morphhotype I
MHNM.KK374: Quadrate (found in reddish iron-rich sandstones).
MHNM KK 378: 2 quadrates (found in ironless layers of white to yellow sandstones).
= cf. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus LAKIN & LONGRICH, 2019
Locality: Near Begaa, Er Rachidia, Morocco.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds, Ifezouane Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material:
FASC-KK-18118: Anterior dorsal vertebra.
FSAC-KK-7280: A cervical vertebra.
MAGANUCO & DAL SASSO, 2018
Locality: A few kilometers south of Erfound, between the villages of Taouz and Begaa, Errachidia Province, Morocco.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
MSNM V6894: Pedal ungual phalanx of a juvenile.
= Spinosaurus cf. aegyptiacus BUFFETAUT, 1989
Locality: Near the town of Taouz, at the base of a vast plateau known as the Hammada du Guir, Morocco.
Horizon: Continental Red Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Uppermost Early Cretaceous Epoch or Lower Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
IMGP 969-3: Tooth.
IMGP 969-1: Fragmentary right maxilla.
= Spinosaurus cf. aegyptiacus BUFFETAUT & OUAJA, 2002
Locality: Jebel Miteur, Tataouine Governorate, Southern Tunisia.
Horizon: Chenini Sandstones.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material:
ONM BM 231: Rostral part of left dentary containing 4 alveoli.
Locality: Kem Kem, east of the town of Taouz, Morocco.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
AZUMA, 2005
FPDM-V7011: Cast of a new undescribed skull.
Number: Not given: Dorsal vertebra.
IBRAHIM, SERENO, DAL SASSO, MAGANUCO, FABBRI, MARTILL, ZOUHRI, MYHRVOLD, & IURINO, 2014
UCRC PV601: Anterior dorsal vertebra.
CA30: Mid cuadal vertebrta.
UCRC VP5: Anterior caudal vertebra.
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Species: mirabilis SERENO, VIDAL, MYHRVOLD, JOHNSON-RANSOM, REAL, BAUMGART, FONTELA, GREEN, SAITA, ADAMOU, BOP, KEILLOR, FRITZGARLD, DUTHEIL, LAROCHE, DEMERS-POTVIN, SIMARRO, GASCO-LLUNA, LAZARO, GAMONAL, BEIGHTOL, RENELEAU, VAUTRIN, BERTOSSO, GRANADOS, KINNEY-BRODERICK, MALLON, LINDOSO & RAMEZANI, 2026
Etymology: Latin, mirabilis, "astonishing"; in reference to the hypertrophied nasal-prefrontal crest.
Holotype: MNBH JEN1
Localitiy: Sirig Taghat (meaning "now water, no goat" in Tamasheq), Jenguebi area, Agadez Region, Republic of Niger.
Horizon: Farak Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early to Middle Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material: Associated right premaxilla, both maxillae, teh base of the bottom half of the fused nsasl rest wiht portions of both prefrontals, teh alveolar edge of the right dentary, and 5 maxillary teeth in association with the maxilla.
Referred material:
MNBH JEN2: Partial left maxilla, nasal crest, partial anterior-mid cervical and mid-posterior dorsal verteibrae, partial left ischium, partial proximal end of left femur.
MNBH JEN3: Nasal crest missin distal tip (in situ).
MNBH JEN4: Partial right dentary, posterior caudal vertebrae, left tibia, and pedal phalanges (in situ).
MNBH JEN5: Left maxilla (in situ).
MNBH JEN6: Three isolated crowns (in situ).
MNBH JEN7: Isolated anterior dorsal vertebra (D3) preserving a parital centrum and base of the neural arch.
MNBH JEN8: Posterior dorsal centrum with base of spine (2 pieces).
MNBH JEN9: Anterior caudal vertebra with partial centrum and neural arch and distal end of a chevron.
Localitiy: Iguidi fossil area, Agadez Region, Republic of Niger.
Horizon: Farak Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early to Middle Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
MNBH IGU11: Anterior dorsal centrum (D1)
MNBH IGU25: 2 articuladed anterior dorsal centra (D1, D2), with the base of teh neural arches attached.
MNBH IGU38: 50 isolated crowns.
MNBH IGU39: Mid caudal centrum and base of neural arch.
MNBH IGU40: Pedal proximal phalanx II-1.
