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the dinosaur that swam, towered over T. rex, and rocked a sail like a Vegas headliner
means A massive predatory dinosaur of the Cretaceous, distinguished by a tall sail-like structure on its back and adaptations for a partly aquatic, fish-eating life.
from From the Greek 'spina' (spine, thorn) plus 'sauros' (lizard) — literally 'spine lizard,' named for the towering neural spines that held up its famous sail. The name was coined by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in the early 20th century, who described the first fossils unearthed in Egypt; tragically, those original bones were destroyed in a WWII bombing raid, so for decades the beast was known mainly through Stromer's drawings.
- size
- Longer than T. rex, possibly 50 feet
- swimmer
- First known semi-aquatic dinosaur, with paddle tail
- diet
- Snagged fish with crocodile-like jaws
- lost twice
- Original fossils destroyed in WWII bombing
- the sail
- Spines up to 7 feet tall
spinosaurus aegyptiacus — egyptian theropod dinosaur from 100-93 million years ago, longest meat-eating dinosaur ever found
spinosaurus fossil pm p9055 — 2020 specimen in munich museum proving spinosaurus was semi-aquatic with paddle tail