| Named By: | P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson & J. L. Conrad in 2004 | 
| Time Period: | Middle Jurassic | 
| Location: | Nigeria | 
| Size: | Estimated around 4 meters long | 
| Diet: | Carnivore | 
| Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial remains | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Neotheropoda | Ceratosauria | | 
| Also known as: | | Elaphrosaurus gautieri | | 
Spinostropheus is a genus of small carnivorous ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic period of Niger. The type and only species is S. gautieri.