Abstract
ABSTRACT Despite being poorly known from limited skeletal remains as teeth and a few postcranial material, spinosaurid remains have been reported from two different Lower Cretaceous localities in Brazil, with three officially proposed taxa up to now: Angaturama, Irritator and Oxalaia. Here, we report the first record of a spinosaurid pedal ungual from the Itapecuru Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Lower Cretaceous rocks of Maranhão State. The specimen retains a quite flat ventral surface that is proportionally almost two times broader than its proximal depth, which is a feature also found in Spinosaurus. Moreover, size inferences are made for this immature specimen.
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