The Spinosaurus
The Spinosaurus was 15 meter high, 7.5 ton Theropod that lives during the upper Albanian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period, approximately 112 to 93.5 million years ago, the Spinosaurus lived in what is now North Africa, the Spinosaurus' bones were discovered in 1912 but was not explained until 1915 by paleontologist Ernst Stormer, it was one of the most unique dinosaurs as distinguished by its "spine" On its back, this is where the name Spinosaurus came from, which means "Spine Lizard".
The Spinosaurus is a carnivorous type of dinosaurs, in fact it is one of the biggest, even then it feast on bigger species among the Titanosaur, and it had to defend itself from the 10 meter long crocodylomorph Stomatosuch and the 12 meter long, 10 ton Sarcosuchus which is a type of prehistoric crocodile that lived in the same areas as the Spinosaurus, it is also known that the Spinosaurus can swim
Despite the fossils found are from Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco, the contents from it's stomach are analyzed to be of European and South American specimens, as the part of Pangea it's in broke apart in the Jurrasic era, though it is known that the Spinosaurus lived in the African Coast, where the weather is hot and humid, although by 94 million years ago the Spinosaurus lived in North Africa, where the area was now surrounded by sea and the preys were mostly water based animals, this may have caused the Spinosaurus to change it's diet and repurposed it's spine as some sort of a swimming fin or a rudder to help the Spinosaurus in the water.
Why did I like the Spinosaurus?, well it's because not only does it looks cool, it is also one of the contenders for the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex, also it is a fast runner, about 17km/h tops, yet with that it can also swim, which is a unique ability to have for a dinosaur this big.
I hope y'all enjoyed this small blog about the Spinosaurus, I'll be sure to make more when the time is available, have a nice day and see you soon.
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