Sigilmassasaurus
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Sigilmassasaurus was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Africa. Its name means ''Sijilmassa lizard", referring to the name of the city near the place where its fossils were found. Its species name "brevicollis" is Latin for "short neck", because the neck bones of the animal are very short.
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Sigilmassasaurus | |
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Middle neck vertebra, specimen CMN 50791 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Spinosauridae |
Tribe: | †Spinosaurini |
Genus: | †Sigilmassasaurus Russell, 1996 |
Species: | †S. brevicollis |
Binomial name | |
Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis Russell, 1996 | |
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