New Spinosaurus species had a massive head crest : NPR
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Key Points:
- A new species of Spinosaurus dinosaur, named Spinosaurus mirabilis, has been discovered in Niger, marking the first new Spinosaurus species found in over 100 years.
- The dinosaur, about the length of a school bus, lived approximately 95 million years ago during the Cretaceous period in a marshy inland area of what is now the central Sahara.
- Spinosaurus mirabilis hunted fish in shallow waters, similar to modern herons, and featured a distinctive foot-long curved horn on its skull, possibly used for communication or attracting mates.
- The discovery was made by an international team led by the University of Chicago, with fossils found during expeditions in 2019 and 2022 in what was once a
