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Fossils from Morocco gave an international team of paleontologists the opportunity to fill in huge gaps in their knowledge about Spinosaurus, one of history's scariest dinosaurs — and the result was a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The huge African predator Spinosaurus spent much of its life in the water, propelled by a paddle-like tail while hunting large fish - a "river monster," according to scientists, ...

A century ago, scientists unearthed fossils of a gigantic carnivorous dinosaur bigger than Tyrannosaurus rex in the Sahara desert, but until recently, paleontologists thought the fearsome beast was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Picture the fearsome creatures of “Jurassic Park” crossed with the shark from “Jaws.” Then super-size to the biggest predator ever to roam Earth. Now add a crocodile snout as big as ...

Researchers in Spain have identified a new spinosaurus species that walked on two legs, feasted on fish and measured between 32 and 36 feet when it was alive. The researchers who named the newest ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. More than 90 million years ago, a dinosaur similar in size to T. rex ...

When it wasn’t putting T. rex to shame, the dinosaur Spinosaurus spent its time swimming — and chowing down on sharks. Until now, scientists didn’t have proof of swimming dinosaurs. There were some ...

Scientific detective work spanning 100 years and three continents has revealed the first swimming dinosaur: a fish-eating beast that paddled like a duck and was bigger than a Tyrannosaurus rex. A new ...

Earlier this year, paleontologists proved Jurassic Park wrong yet again by discovering that the superpredator Spinosaurus was the first water-dwelling dinosaur. Now some of the same team has found ...

Newly unveiled fossils indicate a dinosaur known as Spinosaurus aegyptiacus was built to live part of the time in water, according to a report published online for the journal Science. Measuring 50 ...

What if the giant sail-backed Spinosaurus wasn't actually a swimming dinosaur at all? Despite some scientists' impressions of the dinosaur, as well as the way it is portrayed in Jurassic Park 3, the ...