Spinosaurus gained a notorious reputation in Jurassic Park 3 (spoiler alert), stomping on to the screen to take down the mighty T. rex in a rather memorable duel. Since gaining global fame on the silver screen, researchers now believe Spinosaurus was an adept swimmer, terrorizing local inhabitants of ancient river systems in North Africa some […]
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Spinosaurus Devoured Meals Like a Giant Pelican
January 19th, 2016 
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December 31st, 2015 Riffin In the film Jurassic Park III, a giant sail-backed dinosaur called Spinosaurus fights a terrestrial Tyrannosaurus—and wins. But a study published online today in Science shows that the 15-meter-long Spinosaurus (shown in this artist’s reconstruction) had adaptations to life both in the water and on land, suggesting that the fierce beast was more of a […]
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October 17th, 2013 Riffin Period: Late Cretacious Order, Suborder, Family: Saurischia, Theropoda, Spinosauridae Location: Africa (Egypt, Niger) Length: 40 feet (12 meters) In 1912, a German paleontological expedition discovered the remains of several new Late Cretaceous dinosaurs in Egypt. Spinosaurus, a large theropod, was one of the new dinosaurs. It got its name, which means “spined reptile,” because of […]
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