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Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus
- Pronunciation:
- SPINE-oh-SORE-us
- Name meaning:
- 'thorn lizard'

- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 18.0m
- Weight:
- 4000kg
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- Teeth:
- flat and blade-like
- Food:
- fish and maybe other dinosaurs
- How it moved:
- on 2 legs
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 95-70 million years ago
- Found in:
- Egypt, Morocco
Spinosaurus is only known from fragmentary remains. Size estimates range up to 18m, which would make it the longest meat eater, although more slender than T. rex or Giganotosaurus.

© Andrey Atuchin

© BBC
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Spinosauroidea, Spinosauridae, Spinosaurinae
- Named by:
- Stromer (1915)
- Type species:
- aegyptiacus

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