Discovered by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1912, the first Spinosaurus fossils were kept in the building that housed the Bavarian State Collection of Paleontology. Unfortunately, on April 24/25 in 1944, the fossils, along with the original specimen of Carcharodontosaurus and most of Stromer...
The only known dinosaur adapted to life in water, Spinosaurus swam the rivers of North Africa a hundred million years ago, subsisting on a fish diet.Art: Davide Bonadonna; Sources: Nizar Ibrahim (University of Chicago), Cristiano Dal Sasso and Simone Maganuco (Natural History Museum of ...
Paleontology Recognizable by its crocodile-like skull, elongated forearms, and the large, distinctive sail on its back, Spinosaurus is described as being potentially the largest as well as the longest theropod dinosaur ever discovered, averaging 14.03 m (46 ft) in length and 4 to 7 t (8,818...