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One of the largest dinosaurs is Spinosaurus, larger than Tyrannosaurus and Gigantosaurus. However, it is unclear how big Spinosaurus was due to incomplete fossils. The first Spinosaurus partial skeleton was unearthed in 1912 by Richard Markgraf in the Bahariya Formation of western Egypt. Sizes have been proposed from 41 to 59 feet.
Its name means "spine lizard" due to the long spines that g
rew on its back and formed a type of sail. These spines were about 7 feet long and were connected to each other by skin. Scientists theorize the sail was a display structure, possibly brightly colored.
Spinosaurus lived in the swamps of north Africa (Egypt and Morocco) and there is evidence that it was the first dinosaur that was able to swim and probably spent most of its life in water. It had short hind limbs, dense compact bones, wide flat claws and feet and a long slender snout with conical teeth. It probably lived on fish and carcasses.
The original remains discovered by Richard Markgraf, which were described and named by Ernst Stromer in 1915, were destroyed in Allied bombing raids on Munich, Germany, during World War II. It is only due to Stromer's meticulous notes, including detailed descriptions and sketches, that much of the scant knowledge surrounding this dinosaur has been retained.
In 2011, a neck vertebra from a dinosaur, believed to be a spinosaur, with a snout resembling that of a crocodile was found in Australia, showing that the dinosaur family had a much wider range than scientists had previously thought possible, according to the study published in the journal Biology Letters.Our sponsor, Jeannie's Cottage LLC gift shop has these plush toy spinosaurs for sale.
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