Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unearthed in a rare Saharan fossil site in Niger, Spinosaurus mirabilis had a large head crest that may have signaled a message to ...

University of Chicago professor Paul Sereno led several expeditions to Niger that culminated in the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, the first evidence of a new species of the Spinosaurus genus in ...

A blade of bone lay half-buried in Saharan sand, shaped like a scimitar and tall enough to confuse the people who picked it ...

Towering at over 50 feet long with jaws like a crocodile, Spinosaurus was unlike any other dinosaur on Earth. This documentary dives deep into the life of the largest known carnivorous dinosaur, a ...

Spinosaurus is the biggest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered—even bigger than T. rex—but the way it hunted has been a subject of debate for decades. It's hard to guess the behavior of an animal ...

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According to Professor Sereno, this dinosaur could easily navigate water up to two meters deep with its strong legs.

Paul Sereno, a professor at the University of Chicago, led a team that discovered Spinosaurus mirabilis in Niger’s central Sahara. The species is named for its distinctive scimitar-shaped crest.