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Scientists discover new dinosaur species deep in the Sahara Desert
4+ hour ago (792+ words) Spinosaurus Mirabilis is believed to be roughly the size of a Tyrannosaurus rex. During a journey that could be the plot of an adventure novel, paleontologists discovered the fossils of a new dinosaur species in the vast Sahara Desert. "It…...
Scientists Identify New Spinosaurus Mirabilis Species 95 Million-Year-Old Fossils in Niger, What We Know About Dinosaur Life in Africa
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (527+ words) Researchers in a distant and barren region of the Sahara Desert in Niger have found fossils of a new type of Spinosaurus, one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs that ever existed. The new species of Spinosaurus is distinctive because of…...
Amazing discovery in Brisbane’s only dinosaur fossil
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (451+ words) Brisbane's only known dinosaur fossil is also Australia's oldest, dating back about 230 million years to the earliest part of the Late Triassic period. New research from the University of Queensland (UQ) and published in the journal Alcheringa has confirmed the…...
University of Chicago scientists discover new Spinosaurus species in Sahara | ChicagoLIVE
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (62+ words) Paul Sereno, a professor at the University of Chicago, led a team that discovered Spinosaurus mirabilis in Niger's central Sahara. The species is named for its distinctive scimitar-shaped crest. Paul Sereno, a professor at the University of Chicago, led a…...
New Spinosaurus species found in Sahara — All about 95 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovery
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (386+ words) Fossil remains of a new meat-eating dinosaur, belonging to "Spinosaurus" species, was unearthed in Sahara Desert recently. A study published in the journal Science on 19 February, mentions the discovery of a new spinosaurid species, called Spinosaurus mirabilis. This excavation were…...
1.9 million-year-old finding points to the earliest evidence of humans outside of Africa
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (873+ words) Researcher at the site of "Ubeidiya. It lies three km south of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) on what is today the flanks of the western escarpment of the Jordan Valley. (CREDIT: University of Tulsa) When a stone sits…...
A Sahara desert odyssey yields a major dinosaur discovery
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (307+ words) Feb 19 (Reuters) - It was not an easy task for a team of dinosaur-hunting scientists to reach the remote site called Jenguebi in northern Niger deep in the Sahara Desert. It was fitting that "the closest locality was named Sirig Taghat,…...
Fossils of a new species of huge dinosaur Spinosaurus unearthed in Niger
8+ hour, 50+ min ago (761+ words) Feb 19 (Reuters) - At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large blade-shaped head crest and jaws bearing interlocking…...
This odd-looking new Spinosaurus is reviving an age-old debate
8+ hour, 50+ min ago (1485+ words) Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question. "It was amazing," recalls Vidal, of the University of Chicago. "It was like a unicorn." Back in 2022, when he stumbled upon the…...
Newly Discovered 95-Million-Year-Old Spinosaurus Was a "Heron-Like Beast"
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (642+ words) Learn how a newly discovered 95-million-year-old Spinosaurus mirabilis used interlocking teeth to catch fish in an ancient inland river system. A curved slab of bone pulled from a remote fossil site called Jenguebi, deep in Niger's central sand sea, revealed…...