Paleontologists have formally described Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new species distinguished by a scimitar-shaped bony cranial ...

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In September 2012, the paleontologists Nazir Ibrahim and Paul Sereno at the University of Chicago opened a package containing a collection of fossils pulled from the Cretaceous rock beds of the Kem ...

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If you think it sounds incongruous to describe the largest predatory dinosaur yet known as “half duck, half crocodile,” well, correct. But that’s the phrase University of Chicago paleontologist Paul ...

Spinosaurus, the biggest known predatory dinosaur, was a "water-loving" carnivore that swam after its prey while fully submerged, according to new research. A new paper published in Nature by a group ...

A fossilized skull and jawbones found in Niger belonged to a creature that had a large, bony crest atop its head and lived some 95 million years ago. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis, it is the first ...