With an incredible sail and heavy bones that might have acted as ballast, Spinosaurus seems primed for snatching fish. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

My fixation on a small, desolate locale in the heart of the Sahara Desert started with a single line buried in a 630-page tome in French about the rocks of the central Sahara: "Dent de ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? “This find was so sudden and amazing, it was really emotional for our team,” Sereno ...

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of Spinosaurus — the meat-eating dinosaur that may have rivaled T. rex in size. The new species, called Spinosaurus mirabilis, lived 95 to ...

Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis — a spectacular new predator crowned with a massive, scimitar-shaped crest that may once have blazed with color under ...