The Spinosaurus used its sail-back to regulate its body temperatures.
The African theropod Spinosaurus was the largest known carnivorous dinosaur.
Unfortunately, all his Spinosaurus bones were destroyed in World War II.
The Spinosaurus existed during the Cretaceous period around 112-97 million years ago.
This has made it
difficult for paleontologists to perform more studies on the Spinosaurus.
Spinosaurus could grow as long as 15 m
and were very tall as well.
The Spinosaurus is one of the most ancient dinosaurs which were
found in North Africa.
Besides fish, the strong teeth enabled the Spinosaurus to feed on servings of birds, mammals, and other dinosaurs.
With an estimated length of 50 feet long, the Spinosaurus were the largest carnivorous dinosaurs that ever existed.
It has been discovered that some of the neural spines of the Spinosaurus were more than 5 feet tall.
I have worked in the Sahara because I have been on a quest to uncover
new remains of a bizarre, giant predatory dinosaur called Spinosaurus.
We now know that Spinosaurus had a head a little bit like a crocodile,
very different from other predatory dinosaurs, very different from the T. rex.
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 I showed you earlier on.