†superfamily Spinosauroidea Olshevsky 1995 (tetanuran)
PaleoDB taxon number: 53373
Full reference: G. Olshevsky. 1995. African dinosaur discoveries. Science 267:1750
Parent taxon: Tetanurae according to T. R. Holtz et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Allosaurus medius, Allosaurus tendagurensis, Altispinax, Avetheropoda, Becklespinax, Caudocoelus, Chienkosaurus, Chilesaurus, Chuandongocoelurus, Creosaurus potens, Cruxicheiros, Cryolophosaurus, Dandakosaurus, Eustreptospondylidae, Gasosaurus, Inosaurus, Kaijiangosaurus, Kayentavenator, Megalosaurus ingens, Megalosaurus pannoniensis, Neotetanurae, Orionides, Phaedrolosaurus, Prodeinodon, Sinocoelurus, Streptospondylus cuvieri, Teinurosaurus, Torvosauroidea
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore