棘龙属（属名：Spinosaurus）意思为「有棘的蜥蜴」 ，是种兽脚亚目恐龙，生存于白垩纪的非洲北部，约为1亿1400万年到6500万年前。棘龙最初是在1912年由德国古生物学家恩斯特·斯特莫（Ernst Stromer）发现于埃及，并在1915年加以叙述、命名。最初的标本在第二次世界大战期间被摧毁，但最近几年发现了其他的头颅骨、爪子、胳膊、尾锥、头冠等身体部分的化石。目前仍不完全确定棘龙属有一个种还是两个种，其中最著名的种是发现于埃及的埃及棘龙（S. aegyptiacus），而第二个种是摩洛哥棘龙（S. marocannus），化石发现于摩洛哥。

Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. This genus was known first from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. The original remains were destroyed in World War II, but additional material has come to light in recent years. It is unclear whether one or two species are represented in the fossils reported in the scientific literature. The best known species is S. aegyptiacus from Egypt, although a potential second species, S. maroccanus, has been recovered from Morocco.