Fossils found in Niger belong to a newly identified Spinosaurus species that had a dramatic skull crest and likely hunted ...

At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 46-foot (14m) long Spinosaurus cast debuts at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 2, 2023. (photo credit: ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A colossal discovery in the world of dinosaurs is now on display right here in Chicago. The Spinosaurus mirabilis, or astonishing Spinosaurus (as it is more commonly referred to), was ...

A paper published in Science describes the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new spinosaurid species found in Niger. A 20-person team led by Paul Sereno, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and ...

A team led by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno has described a new species of spinosaur from the central Sahara, a fish-eating giant called Spinosaurus mirabilis that sports a scimitar ...

When UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno set out for the central Sahara in 2019, following clues from a decades-old report—a fossilized tooth and a dot on a map—he did not expect the expedition to ...

The Spinosaurus is a sail-backed, crocodile-snouted dinosaur that Hollywood depicted as a giant terrestrial predator capable of taking down a T. rex in Jurassic Park 3. Then they changed their mind ...

The first indisputable evidence of a new species of Spinosaurus in over a century belongs to S. mirabilis, named for its scimitar-shaped crest and found at a locality far from the ocean’s edge The ...