Spinosauria

A Beautiful Spinosaurus Illustration by a Young Palaeoartist

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Our thanks to Caldey for sending into Everything Dinosaur her wonderful drawing of a theropod dinosaur.  It is the recently described Spinosaurus mirabilis and this colourful dinosaur is carefully making its way across a frozen lake.  It is a vibrant Spinosaurus mirabilis illustration.  The dinosaur is gazing intently at the frozen surface, perhaps it has

05/08/2026 everythingdinosaur

Impressive Prehistoric Animal Sand Art

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At Everything Dinosaur, we are always delighted to see how prehistoric animals inspire creativity. Recently, we received some amazing prehistoric animal sand art created by a talented young artist Caldey. Caldey used sand to create two wonderful prehistoric-themed sculptures. The artwork featured a graceful plesiosaur and a spectacular Spinosaurus. These fantastic creations demonstrate how dinosaurs

18/07/2026 everythingdinosaur

Bigger than the T. rex, could this giant dinosaur really swim? Here's what a new discovery reveals

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A bone discovered in Niger in 2022 reopens one of the most thorny paleontological issues. A new species of spinosaur has just been described in the journal Science. And with it, the question that has divided researchers for years resurfaces: did this giant dinosaur really swim?

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A Beautiful and Detailed Spinosaurus Illustration

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Thank you Caldey for sending into Everything Dinosaur your illustration of the "Surviving Earth" Spinosaurus hatchlings.  The renowned palaeoartist Gabriel Ugueto produced concept art for this new eight-part television series. We have been lucky enough to see some of his remarkable illustrations including the hatchling Spinosaurus drawings.  Caldey's drawing faithfully recreates the scene featuring the

29/05/2026 everythingdinosaur

A giant blade-crested spinosaurus, the “hell heron,” discovered in the Sahara

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Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis — a spectacular new predator crowned with a massive, scimitar-shaped crest that may once have blazed with color under the desert sun. Discovered in remote inland river deposits in Niger, the fossil rewrites what we thought we knew about spinosaur dinosaurs, suggesting they weren’t fully aquatic hunters but powerful waders stalking fish in forested waterways hundreds of miles from the sea.

23/02/2026 sciencedaily

Spinosaurus: Beast of the Week

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Make way (lots of room...back up more...keep going...keep going...backbackbackback) for the mighty Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus! Spinosaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Africa, including Egypt, Morocco, and Niger during the late Cretaceous Period, about 97-95 million years ago.  It was a massive animal, the biggest known individuals possibly measuring 49 feet (about 15m) long from snout to tail as an adult, making it the longest meat-eating dinosaur known to science.  The gen

22/02/2026 prehistoricbeastoftheweek