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Spinosauridae: History & Regions

Spinosauridae (or spinosaurids) is a clade or family of tetanuran theropod dinosaurs comprising ten to seventeen known genera. Spinosaurid fossils have been recovered worldwide, including Africa, Europe, South America, and Asia. Their remains have generally been attributed to the Early to Late Cretaceous.

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Spinosauridae topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Regions as prominent areas in the source structure around Spinosauridae.

Related topics
211
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
217
Extracted relationships
72
Related term clusters
30
Bridge connections
217

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Paleobiology · 40 topics
Paleoecology · 40 topics
History of discovery · 39 topics
Overview · 34 topics
Classification · 31 topics
Description · 27 topics

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Spinosauridae
3Rosette (design) · Glossary of dinosaur anatomy · Crocodilia
3Spinosaurus · Sigilmassasaurus · Taxonomy (biology)
3Crocodilian · Convergent evolution · Pike conger eel
3Tunisia · Early Cretaceous · Eumeralla Formation
11Family (taxonomy) · Tetanuran · Theropod

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Overview

History of discovery

Description

Classification

Paleobiology

Paleoecology

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How Spinosauridae connects Entity context

The extracted context around Spinosauridae shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Spinosauridae → Africa, Albian, Algeria, Angaturama, Antarctica, Aptian, Argentina, Ashdown Sands, Australia, Bahariya Formation, Barremian, Baryonychines, Baryonyx, Baryonyx-like, Brazil, Burgos Province, Camarillasaurus, Cenomanian, Confirmed, Cristatusaurus Another extracted example is Spinosauridae → Baryonychinae, Baryonyx, Ceratosuchops, Cristatusaurus, Icthyovenator, Irritator, Others, Oxalaia, Paul Sereno, Riparovenator, Siamosaurus, Sigilmassasaurus, Spinosaurinae, Spinosaurus, Stromer, Suchomimus, Suchosaurus, Torvosaurus, Traditionally. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Spinosauridae

Top relations

related to Distribution · 48
Spinosauridae → Africa, Albian, Algeria, Angaturama, Antarctica, Aptian, Argentina, Ashdown Sands, Australia, Bahariya Formation, Barremian, Baryonychines, Baryonyx, Baryonyx-like, Brazil, Burgos Province, Camarillasaurus, Cenomanian, Confirmed, Cristatusaurus
related to Classification · 19
Spinosauridae → Baryonychinae, Baryonyx, Ceratosuchops, Cristatusaurus, Icthyovenator, Irritator, Others, Oxalaia, Paul Sereno, Riparovenator, Siamosaurus, Sigilmassasaurus, Spinosaurinae, Spinosaurus, Stromer, Suchomimus, Suchosaurus, Torvosaurus, Traditionally

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Important terminology

spinosaurus spinosaurids baryonyx spinosaurid teeth suchomimus also found colleagues theropods suggested theropod known skulls long irritator iberospinus fossil large siamosaurus

Spinosauridae relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 72 structured relationships around Spinosauridae. Examples in this analysis include long → instance of → They shared features and in the Kem Kem beds of Morocco → instance of → and then replaced by spinosaurines in the Albian and Cenomanian.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
longinstance ofThey shared features0.80text
narrowinstance ofThey shared features0.80text
crocodile-like skullsinstance ofThey shared features0.80text
in the Kem Kem beds of Moroccoinstance ofand then replaced by spinosaurines in the Albian and Cenomanian.0.80text
which housed an ecosystem containing many large coexisting predatorsinstance ofand then replaced by spinosaurines in the Albian and Cenomanian.0.80text
Spinosauridaerelated to ClassificationStromer0.60section
Spinosauridaerelated to ClassificationSpinosaurus0.60section
Spinosauridaerelated to ClassificationPaul Sereno0.60section
Spinosauridaerelated to ClassificationTorvosaurus0.60section
Spinosauridaerelated to ClassificationTraditionally0.60section
Spinosauridaerelated to ClassificationSpinosaurinae0.60section
Spinosauridaerelated to ClassificationIcthyovenator0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Spinosauridae bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Theropods, Teeth and Prey. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • wadhurst clay formation
    • Spinosaurid
    • Found
    • Theropod
    • Fossil
    • Remains
    • Spinosaurus
    • Siamosaurus
    • Sigilmassasaurus
    • Irritator
    • Species
    • Teeth
    • Iberospinus
  • bahariya formation
    • Spinosaurid
    • Found
    • Theropod
    • Fossil
    • Remains
    • Spinosaurus
    • Siamosaurus
    • Sigilmassasaurus
    • Irritator
    • Species
    • Teeth
    • Iberospinus
  • alcântara formation
    • Spinosaurid
    • Found
    • Theropod
    • Fossil
    • Remains
    • Spinosaurus
    • Siamosaurus
    • Sigilmassasaurus
    • Irritator
    • Species
    • Teeth
    • Iberospinus
  • vectis formation
    • Spinosaurid
    • Found
    • Theropod
    • Fossil
    • Remains
    • Spinosaurus
    • Siamosaurus
    • Sigilmassasaurus
    • Irritator
    • Species
    • Teeth
    • Iberospinus
  • farak formation
    • Spinosaurid
    • Found
    • Theropod
    • Fossil
    • Remains
    • Spinosaurus
    • Siamosaurus
    • Sigilmassasaurus
    • Irritator
    • Species
    • Teeth
    • Iberospinus
  • romualdo formation
    • Spinosaurid
    • Found
    • Theropod
    • Fossil
    • Remains
    • Spinosaurus
    • Siamosaurus
    • Sigilmassasaurus
    • Irritator
    • Species
    • Teeth
    • Iberospinus
  • sao khua formation
    • Spinosaurid
    • Found
    • Theropod
    • Fossil
    • Remains
    • Spinosaurus
    • Siamosaurus
    • Sigilmassasaurus
    • Irritator
    • Species
    • Teeth
    • Iberospinus
  • majiacun formation
    • Spinosaurid
    • Found
    • Theropod
    • Fossil
    • Remains
    • Spinosaurus
    • Siamosaurus
    • Sigilmassasaurus
    • Irritator
    • Species
    • Teeth
    • Iberospinus

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Spinosauridae, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Spinosauridae with Paleobiology. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Spinosauridae — Paleobiology · splits 177 ⟂ 41
Spinosauridae — Paleoecology · splits 177 ⟂ 41
Spinosauridae — History of discovery · splits 178 ⟂ 40
Spinosauridae — Overview · splits 183 ⟂ 35
Spinosauridae — Classification · splits 186 ⟂ 32
Spinosauridae — Description · splits 190 ⟂ 28

Map overview Semantic statistics

Spinosauridae

Nodes218
Edges217
Triples72
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009174
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Spinosauridae to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Regions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Spinosauridae · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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