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Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation

Sereno, P. C.; Vidal, D.; Myhrvold, N. P.; Johnson-Ransom, E.; Ciudad Real, M.; Baumgart, S. L.; Sánchez Fontela, N.; Green, T. L.; Saitta, E. T.; Adamou, B.; Bop, L. L.; Keillor, T. M.; Fitzgerald, E. C.; Dutheil, D. B.; Laroche, R. A. S.; Demers-Potvin, A. V.; Simarro, Á.; Gascó-Lluna, F.; Lázaro, A.; Gamonal, A.; Beightol, C. V.; Reneleau, V.; Vautrin, R.; Bertozzo, F.; Granados, A.; Kinney-Broderick, G.; Mallon, J. C.; Lindoso, R. M.; Ramezani, J. (2026)

Citation

Sereno, P. C.; Vidal, D.; Myhrvold, N. P.; Johnson-Ransom, E.; Ciudad Real, M.; Baumgart, S. L.; Sánchez Fontela, N.; Green, T. L.; Saitta, E. T.; Adamou, B.; Bop, L. L.; Keillor, T. M.; Fitzgerald, E. C.; Dutheil, D. B.; Laroche, R. A. S.; Demers-Potvin, A. V.; Simarro, Á.; Gascó-Lluna, F.; Lázaro, A.; Gamonal, A.; Beightol, C. V.; Reneleau, V.; Vautrin, R.; Bertozzo, F.; Granados, A.; Kinney-Broderick, G.; Mallon, J. C.; Lindoso, R. M.; Ramezani, J. (2026). Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation. Science 391: eadx5486. doi:10.1126/science.adx5486

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Cited by genera

  • Carcharodontosaurus

    Concludes that "both the Jenguebi and Iguidi (In Abangharit) fossil areas represent exposures of the Farak Formation".

  • Rugops

    Concludes that "both the Jenguebi and Iguidi (In Abangharit) fossil areas represent exposures of the Farak Formation".

  • Spinosaurus

    Erects Spinosaurus mirabilis from the Cenomanian Farak Formation of Niger on the basis of MNBH JEN1, a subadult cranium with a hypertrophied scimitar-shaped nasal-prefrontal crest.