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

A newly published study in Science announces the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a previously unknown species of spinosaurid dinosaur uncovered in Niger. The fossils were excavated in a remote region of the central Sahara by a 20 member research team led by Paul Sereno, PhD, Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. The find adds significant new evidence to the final phase of spinosaurid evolution.

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