Astonishing Spinosaur Unearthed in The Sahara Is Unlike Any Seen Before

Raluca Maniță

A new Spinosaurus species has been unearthed from the Saharan desert, and its skull bears a magnificent crest never seen before on this kind of dinosaur . Paleontologists have named it Spinosaurus mirabilis , meaning 'wonderful spine lizard'. We heartily agree. The discovery reveals more than just the dinosaur's beauty, however. Spinosaurus have mostly been found in coastal deposits, while this new specimen hails from deep inland in Niger, hundreds of kilometers from any ocean. Even the

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