University of Chicago-Led Team Discovers New Species of Dinosaur in Sahara
The newly named Spinosaurus mirabilis had unique features including a foot-long curved horn and interlocking teeth, revealing semi-aquatic habits distinct from ocean-dwelling relatives.
- Last week, a University of Chicago-led team announced discovering Spinosaurus mirabilis, a fish-eating dinosaur unearthed in Niger and detailed in Science, the first new spinosaur species in over 100 years.
- Paul Sereno led a 20-person expedition in 2019 that, following a mid-20th-century French geologist's monograph and a local Tuareg guide, returned in 2022 to recover additional specimens.
- A scimitar-shaped head crest and interdigitating teeth characterize Spinosaurus mirabilis, and 'Like blue herons, we imagine it to be a poor swimmer that never dives for its meals', Paul Sereno said.
- The discovery immediately reshapes scientific views by indicating spinosaurids lived near rivers in the central Sahara, and two replicas of Spinosaurus mirabilis will join the Dinosaur Expedition exhibit at the Chicago Children's Museum.
- Researchers cleaned and CT-scanned teeth and bones in Chicago to create a digital skull rendering, while solar-powered 3D skull assembly in the desert produced a skull cast and illustrations showing life about 95 million years ago.
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This discovery comes from Niger. A new type of Spinosaurus dinosaur has been unearthed in the Nigerien desert, in the center of the country. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis, this giant, which lived 95 million years ago, is featured on the cover of the American magazine Science. Its bones were found during a months-long expedition conducted more than three years ago under the direction of American paleontologist Paul Sereno, professor of biology and …
The “miraculous Spinosaurus” lived in what is now Niger about 95 million years ago.
Scientists have discovered a new type of dinosaur in the Sahara. The fish-eating giant predator has been named Spinosaurus Mirabilis and is described as a “hell heron.” “It was the expedition of the century,” researcher Paul Sereno told ABC News.
Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn - TPR: The Public's Radio
The semi-aquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, was discovered by an international team of scientists working in Niger. The post Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.
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