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  "credits_markdown": "## Suchomimus: Sources & credits\n\n_Scope: confirmed matches only._\n\n### Data\n- **Paleobiology Database** (https://paleobiodb.org): [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 4 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 11 October 2026.\n- **Wikidata** (https://www.wikidata.org): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0. Retrieved 11 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n\n### Images (5)\n- “File:CCM Suchomimus 2018.jpg” (Taxon image): Zissoudisctrucker (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CCM_Suchomimus_2018.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Shown unmodified (share-alike licence).\n- “File:Suchomimus Pair Reconstruction.jpg” (Taxon image): Fred Wierum (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suchomimus_Pair_Reconstruction.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Shown unmodified (share-alike licence).\n- “File:Suchomimus skullcast aus.jpg” (Taxon image): Matt Martyniuk (Dinoguy2) (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suchomimus_skullcast_aus.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Shown unmodified (share-alike licence).\n- “File:Suchomimus tenerensis by PaleoGeek.png” (Taxon image): PaleoGeekSquared (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suchomimus_tenerensis_by_PaleoGeek.png). [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Shown unmodified (share-alike licence).\n- “File:Suchomimus tenerensis theropod dinosaur (Elrhaz Formation, Lower Cretaceous; Gadoufaoua, Tenere Desert, central Niger, northwest-central Africa) 3 (15414778255).jpg” (Taxon image): James St. John (Suchomimus tenerensis theropod dinosaur (Elrhaz Formation, Lower Cretaceous; Gadoufaoua, Tenere Desert, central Niger, northwest-central Africa) 3), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suchomimus_tenerensis_theropod_dinosaur_(Elrhaz_Formation,_Lower_Cretaceous;_Gadoufaoua,_Tenere_Desert,_central_Niger,_northwest-central_Africa)_3_(15414778255).jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/).\n\n### Scientific references\n\n38 published reference(s) support this entry (via the Paleobiology Database).\n",
  "notice": "Omnisaura data combines sources under different licences. Every genus file lists its credits; anyone showing a value must show the credits for it. Images keep their own licences; share-alike images may only be shown unmodified.",
  "fossil_basis": "body",
  "original_description": {
    "citation": "P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, B. Gado, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, J. D. Marcot, O. W. M. Rauhut, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. D. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, J. A. Wilson (1998). A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids. Science 282: 1298–1302.",
    "authors": "P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, B. Gado, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, J. D. Marcot, O. W. M. Rauhut, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. D. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, J. A. Wilson",
    "year": 1998,
    "title": "A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids",
    "publication": "Science",
    "volume": "282",
    "issue": null,
    "pages": "1298–1302",
    "doi": "10.1126/science.282.5392.1298",
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.282.5392.1298",
    "what": "The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.",
    "confidence": {
      "level": "high",
      "reasons": [
        "PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Sereno et al. 1998), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree."
      ]
    },
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  "summary": "Omnisaura summary: Suchomimus, Sereno et al. 1998\n\n- Named by: Sereno et al. 1998 (high confidence: PBDB and Wikidata agree).\n- Family: Spinosauridae (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Parent group: Ceratosuchopsini (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, as published by the Paleobiology Database: Aptian to Albian, 121.4–100.5 million years ago (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, Omnisaura's own calculation (not a published figure): 121.4–100.5 million years ago (low confidence: Omnisaura's calculation from only 2 dated record(s)).\n- Fossils found in: Niger (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)).\n- Rock formations: Elrhaz (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)).\n- Original description: P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, B. Gado, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, J. D. Marcot, O. W. M. Rauhut, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. D. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, J. A. Wilson (1998). A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids. Science 282: 1298–1302. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.282.5392.1298 (high confidence: PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Sereno et al. 1998), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree).\n- Common names: スコミムス (medium confidence: only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n\nNot known or disputed:\n- Type species: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Order: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Named after: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n\nNot covered by Omnisaura: diet, size, weight, appearance or behaviour. Do not fill these in from general knowledge as if they came from Omnisaura.\n\nCredits (must be shown with any of this): Paleobiology Database (CC-BY-4.0); Wikidata (CC0-1.0)."
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