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Researchers now believe the 50-foot-long Spinosaurus may have been the first dinosaur to take the plunge, swimming in the rivers of North Africa 97 million years ago. The dinosaur had a giant sail on ...

Researchers have discovered that Spinosaurus aegyptiacus had a "paddle-like" tail to propel itself through the water – bolstering the case that this particular species of dinosaur was capable of ...

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Paleontologists have formally described Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new species distinguished by a scimitar-shaped bony cranial crest, from fossils recovered in the central Sahara. The species is the ...

Spinosaurus is the biggest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered—even bigger than T. rex—but the way it hunted has been a subject of debate for decades. It's hard to guess the behavior of an animal ...

One of the biggest, meanest dinosaurs to ever walk the earth was also a swimming terror in the freshwater rivers of prehistoric Africa, according to new research ...

Newly discovered bones from the huge African predator Spinosaurus prove it could swim, scientists say, and that the existence of this "river monster" shows some non-bird dinosaurs invaded the aquatic ...

Dinosaurs ruled the land for millions of years. Now scientists have discovered a fearsome species that could have wreaked havoc in its prehistoric waters. An unusual fossil whose parts were flung ...

The Spinosaurus is one of the most recognisable dinosaurs to have roamed the land, alongside the T-rex and Triceratops, thanks to the large sail that adorned its back. Palaeontologists first ...