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Neotype

FSAC-KK 11888

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

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Facts

Catalog number
FSAC-KK 11888
Institution
Faculté des Sciences Aïn Chock, Université Hassan II (FSAC)
Year found
Not recorded
Locality
Neotype site near Erfoud, Kem Kem beds, Morocco
Formation
Kem Kem Group

Images

Cast of the Spinosaurus neotype FSAC-KK-11888, mounted in a swimming posture at the Field Museum, Chicago, reflecting the known material as of 2023.Image credit: 3blindMies, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (unmodified except resizing), Field Museum of Natural HistoryCC BY-SA 4.0 (unmodified)Source (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Neotype: FSAC-KK 11888

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Neotype: FSAC-KK 11888
RegionState
SkullPartial
MandibleUnknown / not recorded
TeethUnknown / not recorded
Cervical vertebraePartial
Dorsal vertebraePartial
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraePreserved · The paddle-like tail described in 2020.
RibsUnknown / not recorded
GastraliaUnknown / not recorded
Scapula / shoulder girdleUnknown / not recorded
HumerusUnknown / not recorded
Forearm (radius / ulna)Unknown / not recorded
Hand (manus)Unknown / not recorded
PelvisPartial
FemurPreserved
Tibia / fibulaPartial
Foot (pes)Partial

Excavation history

Partial subadult skeleton excavated by fossil hunters and traced back to its site near Erfoud by Nizar Ibrahim; proposed as neotype by Ibrahim et al. (2014). More of the tail was dug up in 2018 and described in 2020.

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