Spinosaurus
E269521
Spinosaurus is a large, sail-backed theropod dinosaur, popularly depicted as a fearsome aquatic predator in the Jurassic Park franchise.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spinosaurus canonical | 4 |
| Spinosaurus aegyptiacus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2461674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spinosaurus Context triple: [Jurassic Park, notableSpecies, Spinosaurus]
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A.
Saurophaganax maximus
Saurophaganax maximus is a large Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur, closely related to Allosaurus, known from fossil remains found in what is now Oklahoma.
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B.
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus is a crested theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic period, popularly depicted in the Jurassic Park franchise.
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C.
Máximo the Titanosaur
Máximo the Titanosaur is a mounted cast of a giant Patagotitan mayorum dinosaur, notable as one of the largest dinosaur displays in the world and a centerpiece attraction at Chicago’s Field Museum.
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D.
Juramaia
Juramaia is an early mammal from the Late Jurassic period that represents one of the oldest known members of the eutherian (placental mammal) lineage.
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E.
Saraguros
The Saraguros are an Indigenous Kichwa-speaking people of the Ecuadorian Andes known for their distinctive black-and-white traditional dress, communal land practices, and strong cultural continuity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spinosaurus Target entity description: Spinosaurus is a large, sail-backed theropod dinosaur, popularly depicted as a fearsome aquatic predator in the Jurassic Park franchise.
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A.
Saurophaganax maximus
Saurophaganax maximus is a large Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur, closely related to Allosaurus, known from fossil remains found in what is now Oklahoma.
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B.
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus is a crested theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic period, popularly depicted in the Jurassic Park franchise.
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C.
Máximo the Titanosaur
Máximo the Titanosaur is a mounted cast of a giant Patagotitan mayorum dinosaur, notable as one of the largest dinosaur displays in the world and a centerpiece attraction at Chicago’s Field Museum.
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D.
Juramaia
Juramaia is an early mammal from the Late Jurassic period that represents one of the oldest known members of the eutherian (placental mammal) lineage.
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E.
Saraguros
The Saraguros are an Indigenous Kichwa-speaking people of the Ecuadorian Andes known for their distinctive black-and-white traditional dress, communal land practices, and strong cultural continuity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
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spinosaurid ⓘ theropod dinosaur ⓘ |
| clade | Dinosauria ⓘ |
| describedBy | Ernst Stromer ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
piscivorous ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation |
Bahariya Oasis, Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Bahariya Oasis
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| ecologicalNiche | semi-aquatic predator ⓘ |
| estimatedLength | up to about 15 meters ⓘ |
| estimatedMass | several tonnes ⓘ |
| family | Spinosauridae ⓘ |
| fossilRange |
Cretaceous
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Late Cretaceous ⓘ |
| fossilType | fragmentary remains ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenomanian ⓘ |
| hasSensoryAdaptation | pressure-sensitive snout pits (inferred) ⓘ |
| hasSkullShape | long low snout ⓘ |
| holotypeStatus | destroyed in World War II ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Bahariya Formation
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Egypt ⓘ Kem Kem beds ⓘ Morocco ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| locomotion |
bipedal
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quadrupedal (disputed) ⓘ semi-aquatic swimming ⓘ |
| notableAnatomicalFeature |
conical teeth without pronounced serrations
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elongated crocodile-like snout ⓘ elongated neural spines forming a sail ⓘ reduced hind limbs ⓘ robust forelimbs with large claws ⓘ |
| order | Saurischia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| popularCultureDepiction |
Jurassic Park III
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Jurassic World franchise ⓘ
linked to:
Jurassic World trilogy
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| portrayedAs |
aquatic or semi-aquatic hunter
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large sail-backed predator ⓘ |
| preyedOn |
aquatic vertebrates
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fish ⓘ |
| primaryHabitat |
coastal environments
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river systems ⓘ |
| scientificDebate |
body posture and locomotion
ⓘ
degree of aquatic adaptation ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Spinosaurinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Spinosauridae
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| suborder | Theropoda ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
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linked to:
Spinosaurus
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| yearDescribed | 1915 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Spinosaurus Description of subject: Spinosaurus is a large, sail-backed theropod dinosaur, popularly depicted as a fearsome aquatic predator in the Jurassic Park franchise.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Spinosaurus