A few bones of this animal have been found in the deserts of Egypt and were described about 100 years ago by a German paleontologist. Unfortunately, all his Spinosaurus bones were destroyed in World War II. So all we're left with are just a fewdrawings and notes. From these drawings, we...
So, as we fleshed out our Spinosaurus -- I'm looking at muscle attachments and wrapping our dinosaur in skin -- we realize that we're dealing with a river monster, a predatory dinosaur, bigger than T. rex, the ruler of this ancient river of giants, feeding on the many aquatic animals...
At the time of discovery, Giganotosaurus was believed to be the largest theropod before the discovery of another carnivorous dinosaur species about two years later. As far as carnivorous dinosaurs go, the semi-aquaticSpinosaurusis the longest. The dinosaur was found in North Africa in about the ...
000 species of non-avian dinosaur have so far been recognized and named, but many are known from just a single bone. In cases such as these, the dinosaurs’ proportions can only be calculated by comparing
“We are modeling dinosaur jaws in a way that simply has not been done before,” said Fortner. “We are the first to generate a 3D model of a dinosaur mandible which incorporates not only an intramandibular joint, but also simulates the soft tissues within and around the jaw.” ...
(15,400 pounds), T-rex was once thought to have been the largest terrestrial carnivore in history, but subsequent discoveries of fellow titans Carcharodontosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Spinosaurus challenged this. It walked on a pair of powerful hind legs and could run as fast as a professional ...
“We are modeling dinosaur jaws in a way that simply has not been done before,” said Fortner. “We are the first to generate a 3D model of a dinosaur mandible which incorporates not only an intramandibular joint, but also simulates the soft tissues within and around the jaw.” ...