This is actually NOT novel, just highly unusual for African "middle" cretaceous theropods. Evers et al. did it several years ago...
https://t.co/GeiDIYq6Sa
"A reappraisal of the morphology and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Sigilmassasaurus from the “middle” Cretaceous of Morocco".
https://t.co/GeiDIY8vtA
"A reappraisal of the morphology and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Sigilmassasaurus from the “middle” Cretaceous of Morocco".
https://t.co/BfomGsR8ZG
Sigilmassasaurus is a controversial North African spinosaurid (ah, but aren't they all?), redescribed a few years back by @SirJoscha and colleagues: https://t.co/Ajwby8DTwu