Tag: spinosaurus
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New ‘scimitar-crested’ Spinosaurus species discovered in the central Sahara
Phys.org has a story about a new species of spinosaurus. Spinosaurus mirabilis was found in Niger at a remote locale in the central Sahara by a team of 20 researchers led by Paul Sereno, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. The animal is described in the paper “Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from…
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Shattering Preconceptions: Diverse Spinosaur Species Roamed Cretaceous Britain
SciTechDaily has a story about dinosaurs in Britain. A recent paper in the journal Peerj Life & Environment proposes that multiple spinosaur species lived in Britain during the early Cretaceous Period. Baryonyx is the most popularly known species. The researhers looked at spinosaur teeth and found significant differences. The Wealden is famous for its spinosaur…
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LET’S NAME OUR NEW SPINOSAURUS!
The Field Museum sent a message that they need help picking a name for their new Spinosaur. Cast your vote today! Spinosaurus is here, now we need a name! This cast is a replica of a fish-eating dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period, about 95 million years ago. It spent much of its time in…
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NYT: Was This Dinosaur More Subaquatic Killer or Giant Wading Bird?
The New York Times’ Science column Trilobites has a story about a new theory as to how Spinosaurus made a living. Spinosaurus lived about 100 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period, in what is now North Africa. Its bones were first discovered in 1915. Ever since, due to some bizarre features, there have debates…
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BBC: Spinosaurus dinosaur was ‘enormous river-monster’, researchers say
BBC has a story about Spinosaurus. Some researchers believe they have settled the argument around Spinosaurus being an aquatic. This new evidence, which appeared in the journal Cretaceous Research, stems from over 1200 teeth discovered in a prehistoric river deposit. And it backs up another paper which was published in April. That research looked at…
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PBS Eons: The Weird, Watery Tale of Spinosaurus
The PBS Eons YouTube Channel has a episode about Spinosaurs. Enjoy! In 1912, a fossil collector discovered some strange bone fragments in the eerie, beautiful Cretaceous Bahariya rock formation of Egypt. Eventually, that handful of fossil fragments would reveal to scientists one of the strangest dinosaurs that ever existed — the world’s only known…
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Waubonsie HS in Aurora is hosting a free event titles “Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous” on November 17th, 2017
Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the CretaceousMeet Spinosaurus, the largest predatory dinosaur yet discovered—larger than T. rex—and hear the incredible story of how this prehistoric giant was almost lost to science, before being brought back to light with the help of a remarkable young paleontologist, Dr. Nizar Ibrahim, a National Geographic Explorer With amazing video recreating…
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PBS NOVA: Bigger Than T-Rex… Spinosaurus
The Spinosaurus NOVA documentary is over on YouTube. Check it out if you missed it last fall on PBS. There are discussions on the new fossil find in Egypt and the aquatic nature of Spinosaurus, which appeared in an article in the National Geographic Magazine back in September 2014. Enjoy!
