A Century of Spinosaurs-A Review and Revision of the Spinosauridae with Comments on Their Ecology  

作　　者：David William Elliott HONE Thomas Richard HOLTZ 

机构地区：[1]School of Biological and Chemical Sciences,Queen Mary University of London [2]Department of Geology,University of Maryland,College Park [3]Department of Paleobiology,National Museum of Natural History

出　　处：《Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)》2017年第3期1120-1132,共13页地质学报（英文版）

摘　　要：The spinosaurids represent an enigmatic and highly unusual form of large tetanuran theropods that were first identified in 1915. A recent flurry of discoveries and taxonomic revisions of this important and interesting clade has added greatly to our knowledge. Spinosaur body fossils are however generally rare and most species are known from only limited skeletal remains. Their unusual anatomical adaptations to the skull, limbs and axial column all differ from other large theropods and point to an unusual ecological niche and a lifestyle intimately linked to water.The spinosaurids represent an enigmatic and highly unusual form of large tetanuran theropods that were first identified in 1915. A recent flurry of discoveries and taxonomic revisions of this important and interesting clade has added greatly to our knowledge. Spinosaur body fossils are however generally rare and most species are known from only limited skeletal remains. Their unusual anatomical adaptations to the skull, limbs and axial column all differ from other large theropods and point to an unusual ecological niche and a lifestyle intimately linked to water.

关 键 词：THEROPODA Megalosauroidea Baryonychinae Spinosaurinae PALAEOECOLOGY 

分 类 号：Q915.8[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]