Hello everyone and we’re off to the first official DINO FRIDAY!
Today the dinosaur with the most votes was the Spinosaurus. So, let’s talk about this FEARSOME beast!
Spinosaurus means ‘Spined Lizard’. This Dinosaur is named after the row of high spines running down its backbone. These probably had skin stretched between them to form a ‘sail’ up to 2 m(6 ft) tall. It’s taller than most humans.
This enormous Dinosaur lived in the late Cretaceous period, around 98-95 million years ago, in what we now know as Africa. Spinosaurus walked on two legs and had a long, slender nose with jaws resembling a crocodile. Ooooh, that’s SCARY!
Its teeth were not sharp or made for ripping flesh like Giganotosaurus, but were long, cone-shaped, and interlocked.
This suggests that its main diet was probably fish, so it was likely a piscivore.
Did you know that the Spinosaurus swims underwater to get its food, which was mostly fish?
The Spinosaurus had a skull that was 1.75 m(5 ft 9 in). which can be compared to as long as an average man!
Alright, that’s about all for the ‘spined lizard ‘. I hope you enjoyed our first DINO FRIDAY!
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