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https://paleontology.us/will-there-be-dinosaurs-evolving-future/ Paleontology_US Thu, 18 Jun 2020 07:28:25 +0000 Entertainment https://paleontology.us/?p=1501 Will There Be Dinosaurs? The news that has people hyped up is from scientists, regarding dinosaurs of the future. That’s right, the possibility of dinosaurs in the future is now appearing to be more likely with recent discoveries. You may be asking, how exactly would this all work, and in the evolving future: will there […]
The news that has people hyped up is from scientists, regarding dinosaurs of the future. That’s right, the possibility of dinosaurs in the future is now appearing to be more likely with recent discoveries. You may be asking, how exactly would this all work, and in the evolving future: will there be dinosaurs?
Scientists have said that they will be able to use DNA to bring some dinosaurs into existence. How in the world can they do this?
The answer is by using the DNA extracted from chickens. The reason for this is that dinosaurs are the ancestors of birds, so the DNA is a close enough match to be able to recreate a dinosaur from it. This may seem crazy to you, but there have already been experiments on a small scale to see if it can even be possible.
Chicken embryos have been manipulated by flipping specific genetics in them to conduct reverse-engineering. It is as magnificent as it sounds – some scientists turned a bird’s beak into a snout that is like that of a dinosaur.
By this point, you may be envisioning a certain movie that did well on the box office charts yet struck terror into many people’s hearts – Jurassic Park and its sequels, including the 2015 Jurassic World film . Who would have ever thought that such a film could content some nugget of truth for our real world?
Dr. Jack Horner is the head of the team who has been conducting experiments to bring the dinos “back to lifeâ€. He states that chickens have several traits that are in common with the prehistoric beasts. Dr. Horner was one of the scientists who gave consultation for the Jurassic Park series.
The team will be doing more experiments, with a particular focus on four key areas – the mouth, arms, hands, and tails of these animals. Dr. Horner considers the tail to be the most challenging part to tackle, though he also mysteriously says that there is hope after some of the team’s more recent successes. This will be a full-out reversal of evolution that will seem miraculous if it can be carried out by this team.
Source: gildshire.com
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https://paleontology.us/fossil-hints-at-fuzzy-dinosaurs/ Paleontology_US Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:10:33 +0000 Curiosities https://paleontology.us/?p=1493 Fossil hints at fuzzy dinosaurs A discovery in China has prompted researchers to question the scaly image of dinosaurs. Previously, experts thought the first feathered dinosaurs appeared about 150 million years ago, but the find suggests feathers evolved much earlier. This has raised the question of whether many more of the creatures may have been […]
A discovery in China has prompted researchers to question the scaly image of dinosaurs.
Previously, experts thought the first feathered dinosaurs appeared about 150 million years ago, but the find suggests feathers evolved much earlier.
This has raised the question of whether many more of the creatures may have been covered with similar bristles, or “dino-fuzzâ€.
The team describe the fossil in the journal Nature. Hai-Lu You, a researcher from the Insitute of Geology in Beijing , was part of the team that discovered the fossil. He told BBC News he was “very excited†when he realized the significance of what his team had found.
He described the filaments seen on the body of the new dinosaur, which the team has named Tianyulong confuciusi , as “protofeathers†– the precursors of modern feathers.
“Their function was probably display, as well as to keep the body warm†he said. Dr You’s team noticed that the filaments on the base of their dinosaur’s tail were extremely long. These, they suggest, might have evolved for show, and may even have been coloured. “The world of dinosaurs would [have been] more colourful and active than we previously imagined,†he said.
Dinosaurs can be categorized into two large families – the Saurischia and the Ornithischia. The Saurischia family includes the theropods – thought to be the ancestors of modern birds. Fossils of these dinosaurs have revealed that some of them were feathered. But the newly-discovered dinosaur is a member of the Ornithischia group – all previously thought to have reptilian scales. Professor Lawrence Witmer, a paleontologist from Ohio University, says this “really muddies the waters†of what researchers know about the origin of feathers.
It suggests that their origin might go right back to the earliest ancestors of all dinosaurs – more than 200 million years ago. “The bad news is that something we thought was neatly wrapped up is now not so neat,†said Professor Witmer. “We now need to rethink what the coat of the ancestral dinosaurs actually was.†He added: “But the good news is that we can now look at existing evidence with new eyes – going back to old fossils and asking if there is evidence of any of these filaments.â€
The team, who named the dinosaur after the Tianyu Museum of Nature, where the fossil is housed, also dedicated part of its name to the philosopher Confucius to reflect how it has changed the modern view of dinosaurs. “Maybe all dinosaurs, even the predominantly scaled ones, had fuzzy parts,†added Professor Witmer. “And if they were covered in a fuzzy coat, what does that tell us about their physiology? Perhaps they were warm-blooded. “We now need to think completely differently about the evidence we already have.â€
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https://paleontology.us/deinocheiruss/ Paleontology_US Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:32:04 +0000 Dinosaurs https://paleontology.us/?p=1486 Deinocheirus Deinocheirus is a genus of large ornithomimosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous around 70 million years ago. The first known fossil remains of Deinocheirus were discovered by Polish palaeontologist Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska on July 9, 1965 in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. In 1970, this specimen became the holotype of the only species within the genus, Deinocheirus mirificus; the […]
Deinocheirus is a genus of large ornithomimosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous around 70 million years ago. The first known fossil remains of Deinocheirus were discovered by Polish palaeontologist Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska on July 9, 1965 in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. In 1970, this specimen became the holotype of the only species within the genus, Deinocheirus mirificus; the genus name is Greek for “horrible handâ€. Two more complete specimens were described in 2014, which shed light on many aspects of the animal. Parts of these new specimens had been looted from Mongolia some years before, but were repatriated in 2014.
Deinocheirus was one of the most mysterious dinosaurs to have ever been found by paleontologists. It was originally found in 1965 in Southern Mongolia—actually, not the whole dinosaur was found but only its gigantic hands. And for the next 50 years, that is all that scientists would have of this elusive dinosaur. That is probably why its name means “terrible handâ€.
That changed in 2012, when 3 paleontologists—Phil Bell, Yuong- Nam Lee and Philip J. Currie—discovered 2 new specimens that would reveal all of the secrets that this dinosaur once held. Secrets of its size and what it is believed to have eaten. Up until that point, the only thing that was really known about this dinosaur was that it had massive hands and lived about 70 million years ago during the late Cretaceous Period.
Deinocheirus was around 30 feet long, almost 15 feet high and weighed about 6 tons. It was a bipedal dinosaur—from a species called Ornithomimids, which are sometimes called ‘ostrich dinosaurs’ and was the biggest of these dinosaurs. However, it probably didn’t move like an ostrich. Due to its large size and weight, it more than likely lumbered along and didn’t run very quickly. I
It is believed that this dinosaur was a scavenger of sorts. It is believed to have eaten a variety of different things such as fish, invertebrates, plants and maybe even insects. It probably didn’t hunt prey like a predator. However, an interesting fact about this dinosaur is that it was probably frequently hunted by tyrannosaurus dinosaurs, as bite marks on its skeleton would suggest.
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https://paleontology.us/anhanguera/ Paleontology_US Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:15:59 +0000 Prehistoric Creatures https://paleontology.us/?p=1481 Anhanguera Anhanguera was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Anhanguera lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in South America. The first Anhanguera fossil was discovered in 1985. Anhanguera Facts Lived during the Early Cretaceous Period Lived in what is now known as South America and Australia Was […]
Anhanguera was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur , though it lived during the same period. Anhanguera lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in South America. The first Anhanguera fossil was discovered in 1985.
Anhanguera is a pterosaur which lived approximately 125 million to 115 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous Period. It was first discovered during the 1980s and was named in 1985. Its name means “old devil†in Portuguese.
This is one flying reptile that you may not recognize from Anhanguera pictures. That’s because this pterosaur was discovered relatively recently – as compared to other flying reptiles – and doesn’t get the media attention that pterodactyls do. Which is quite a shame because this was one remarkable creature.
Anhanguera was approximately 4 feet tall, weighed around 50 pounds and had a wingspan of about 15 feet. That means its wingspan was about 3 times larger than a Crowned Eagle and its weight was about 12 times heavier than a Red-tailed Hawk. It had crests not only on top of its beak but also on the bottom.
One of the most interesting facts about Anhanguera is that it had relatively weak legs. Which means that it probably spent the majority of its time flying. If it did spend any time whatsoever on the ground, then it most likely walked with a very unusual gait and probably was a little wobbly.
Most paleontologists believe that this pterosaur used its beak to scoop up fish, but it is also possible that it hunted for carrion from dead animals that it discovered on land as well. It may have also eaten a variety of different insects as well. Which means that it may have had one of the most diverse diets of any flying reptiles of its time.
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https://paleontology.us/we-thought-we-knew-the-biggest-dinosaur-ever-but-it-seems-someone-else-might-take-its-place/ Paleontology_US Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:51:02 +0000 Curiosities https://paleontology.us/?p=1476 It seems T. Rex has probably been sensationalized too much. While the iconic carnivore has been the poster dino for the entire Jurassic Park  franchise, there were creatures that made it look like a pet lizard. Titanosaurs trodden the earth from the Jurassic through the mid-late Cretaceous, leaving behind only fragments of their skeletons for scientists to try […]
It seems T. Rex has probably been sensationalized too much. While the iconic carnivore has been the poster dino for the entire Jurassic Park franchise, there were creatures that made it look like a pet lizard.
Titanosaurs trodden the earth from the Jurassic through the mid-late Cretaceous, leaving behind only fragments of their skeletons for scientists to try and piece together. These herbivorous species were so huge that even voracious predators like T. Rex would have to freeze literal tons of leftovers if freezers actually existed. Until recently, Patagotitan was thought to be the heavyweight , but researcher Greg Paul suggests there were more gargantuan things out there.
Paul, who published a study in Annals of Carnegie Museum , found that measurements of Argentinosaurus bones have an edge over those of Patagotitan , and there was possibly something that out-monstered both of them.
“A main conclusion of my analysis is that Patagotitan is definitely not the largest known titanosaur, that being the previously known, less complete titanosaur Argentinosaurus, the individual bones of which are distinctly larger in critical dimensions,†Paul, whose rendering of Argentinosaurus can be seen above and below, told SYFY WIRE.
While Patagotitan was previously thought to be the largest sauropod to have ever existed, Paul’s measurements resulted in an estimate of around 50-55 tons, while Argentinosaurus could have been an astonishing 65-75 tons. His mass estimates relied on volumetric models . These were based on restorations of the entire skeletal profile of the behemoth, which were then used to reconstruct it in three dimensions. Volumetric models are far more accurate than some other methods based on dimensions of individual limb bones. As a basis for comparison, models of extant animals that use the limb bone method are off by at least a factor of two—meaning, probably even more inaccurate in anything extinct.
But wait. Was there a size limit? Extreme life-forms have extreme energy needs, and these herbivores needed to munch quite a few trees to stay alive. They also have extreme limitations. The blue whale , which is now is the largest animal in existence at up to 82 feet long and 330,000 pounds, evolved during the ice age only a few million years ago, possibly because it feeds on almost unlimited plankton and that water alleviates at least some of the burden of its immense size. Scientists believe that physiological stress from diving and surfacing may have limited the blue whale’s body size.
“We know that sauropods approaching and perhaps exceeding 100 tons lived on land, in part because we have their trackways formed out of the water,†Paul explained. “The calculations show their bones were strong enough, and their muscles powerful enough, to have been able to walk normally.â€
Super-titanosaurs are thought to have trudged along like elephants on land. The highest speed they could reach was probably no faster than 15 miles an hour, and it is unlikely something of that size could ever actually run. Not that they had too many predators to worry about. Growing to incredible sizes might have actually been how some titanosaurs adapted to living in places where their ancestors had always been stalked by theropods similar to T. Rex or Allosaurus . because trying to take down such a beast was useless for a carnivore, dagger teeth and all, whose average height was around 20 feet. Could anything have held these titans back from growing any larger?
“It is possible that limitations in finding food are what limited the size of sauropods. Or problems pumping blood all the way up to their heads. Or structural issues regarding moving on land,†Paul said, but stressed that “It is not known what the maximum size limit of animals is on land or in the water, or why.â€
Even Argentinosaurus, which was proven to have been an overall larger species than Patagotitan , may have still not been the most massive sauropod and land animal to have ever roamed the Earth. Something may or may not have beat that. Maraapunisaurus , if it actually existed, is thought to have been at least 80-120 tons. This hypothetical dinosaur might have gotten to such a size because it had a shorter neck than Argentinosaurus, which relieved it of blood pressure issues often brought on by extreme height, and vertebrae that were built for a strength boost. The problem is that only one vertebra thought to belong to this mythic creature was ever found—and then lost.
“There are partial remains of other sauropods that may suggest animals larger than Argentinosaurus,†he said. “In any case, the possibility that we have happened to have already found the largest land animals of all time is essentially zero, bigger ones must have existed.â€
Just don’t tell that to any hardcore Jurassic Park fans.
Source: syfy.com
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https://paleontology.us/nigersaurus-fun-facts-about-it/ Paleontology_US Mon, 08 Jun 2020 21:08:26 +0000 Curiosities https://paleontology.us/?p=1469 Nigersaurus is a genus of Diplodocus-like sauropod dinosaur. It lived in the middle of the Cretaceous period in what is now the Republic of Niger. Fossils of this dinosaur were first described in 1976, but it was only named in 1999 after more complete remains were found and described. It Took Scientists Decades to Realize Just How Odd This Critter Was. Nigersaurus received its scientific […]
Nigersaurus is a genus of Diplodocus -like sauropod dinosaur. It lived in the middle of the Cretaceous period in what is now the Republic of Niger. Fossils of this dinosaur were first described in 1976, but it was only named in 1999 after more complete remains were found and described.
Nigersaurus received its scientific name in 1976, but paleontologists wouldn’t get a decent idea of what the animal looked like until the late 2000s. Why? This dino’s skeleton was, in many places, hollow, making it vulnerable to shattering and distortion. Before 1997, though specimens were common, no decent ones had turned up—so for years, few suspected that Nigersaurus was anything other than some run-of-the-mill, Plain Jane sauropod.
Lawn-mower impersonations seem to have been its forte: Nigersaurus ’ wide muzzle and shredding teeth were clearly designed for nomming on ground-level vegetation (for the record, grass-guzzling wouldn’t have been an option, as the earliest grasses hadn’t yet begun evolving in its day).
Its neck vertebrae are little more than delicate skeletal shells. Like many other dinos (and all modern-day birds), many of Nigersaurus ’ bones were hollow and likely indicate the presence of a complicated, avian-style respiratory system.
Try repeating that sentence five times fast! Sauropods are usually associated with extensive necks; some well-endowed species even placed over 35 feet between their heads and shoulders. But Nigersaurus and its closest relatives (which together formed a sub-group called the “Rebbachisauridaeâ€) had little to brag about in this department.
Though adults were roughly 30 feet long, the itsy-bitsy fossilized jawbone of a hatchling Nigersaurus was so small that, according to paleontologist Paul Sereno, it could “fit on top of a silver dollar.†Aww!
Its noggin featured some abnormally-thin cranial bones; in fact, many are almost translucent.
Nigersaurus probably didn’t spend much time following its nose. An examination of its brain cavity reveals that, despite having elongated nostrils, this herbivore’s olfactory lobes (which help the brain perceive scent) were noticeably small.
https://paleontology.us/10-frequently-questions-about-dinosaurs/ Paleontology_US Sat, 06 Jun 2020 21:24:01 +0000 Curiosities https://paleontology.us/?p=1450 What are Dinosaurs? Why were dinosaurs so big? What did they eat, where did they live, and how did they raise their young? The following are some of the most frequently asked questions about dinosaurs with short description of the best answers for further exploring. Learning about dinosaurs can be tricky—there are so many of […]
What are Dinosaurs? Why were dinosaurs so big? What did they eat, where did they live, and how did they raise their young? The following are some of the most frequently asked questions about dinosaurs with short description of the best answers for further exploring. Learning about dinosaurs can be tricky—there are so many of them, and there’s so much to know—but it’s a lot easier when the details are portioned out in a logical way.
People hang the word “dinosaur†around an awful lot, without knowing precisely what it means—or how dinosaurs differed from the archosaurs that preceded them, the marine reptiles and pterosaurs with which they coexisted, or the birds to which they were ancestral.
Dinosaurs are a varied group of animals from taxonomic, morphological  and ecological standpoints. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research. They became the dominant terrestrial vertebrates after the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event 201.3 million years ago; their dominance continued throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
The biggest dinosaurs—four-legged plant-eaters like Diplodocus and two-legged meat-eaters like Spinosaurus —were bigger than any other land-dwelling animals on Earth, before or since. How, and why, did these dinosaurs attain such enormous size?
Two key reasons are their bone structure and bad eating habits. Like modern birds, many dinosaur bones were hollowed out by air sacs extending from their lungs, meaning that a dinosaur would have weighed significantly less than a solid-boned mammal of similar size. It follows that dinosaurs could support a much larger body with their four legs – up to 80 tonnes in the case of the largest plant-eating sauropods (in comparison, today’s largest African elephants reach about six tonnes).
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth longer than any other terrestrial animals, all the way from the middle Triassic period (about 230 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous period (about 65 million years ago). Here’s a detailed overview of the Mesozoic Era, the period of geologic time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic , and Cretaceous periods .
As far as paleontologists can tell, the first dinosaurs evolved from the two-legged archosaurs of late Triassic South America (these same archosaurs also gave rise to the very first pterosaurs and prehistoric crocodiles). Here is a the story of the evolution of the first dinosaurs .
This might seem like an obvious question, but the fact is that depictions of dinosaurs in art, science, literature, and movies have changed radically over the last 200 years—not only how their anatomy and posture are depicted but also the color and texture of their skin. Here’s a more detailed analysis of what dinosaurs really looked like .
Not all dinosaurs were as dumb as fire hydrants, a myth that has been perpetuated by the spectacularly small-brained Stegosaurus . Some representatives of the breed, especially feathered meat-eaters, may even have attained near-mammalian levels of intelligence.
In the movies, meat-eating dinosaurs are portrayed as speedy, relentless killing machines, while plant-eating dinosaurs are fleet, stampeding herd animals. The fact is, though, that dinosaurs differed enormously in their locomotive abilities, and some breeds were faster than others.
The carnivorous dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era were equipped with sharp teeth, better-than-average vision, and powerful hind limbs. Their plant-eating victims evolved their own unique set of defenses, ranging from armor plating to spiked tails.
Like modern animals, the dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era occupied a wide range of geographical regions, from deserts to tropics to polar regions, across all the Earth’s continents.
Dinosaurs lived on all of the continents. At the beginning of the age of dinosaurs (during the Triassic Period, about 230 million years ago), the continents were arranged together as a single supercontinent called Pangea .
Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago (at the end of the Cretaceous Period), after living on Earth for about 165 million years. Scientists don’t agree on what happened, but the extinction likely involved an asteroid impact, choking chemicals from erupting volcanoes, and climate change.
At the end of the Cretaceous period , dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine reptiles seemed to have disappeared off the face of the Earth virtually overnight (though, in fact, the process of extinction may have lasted for thousands of years).
https://paleontology.us/herrerasaurus/ Paleontology_US Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:30:52 +0000 Dinosaurs https://paleontology.us/?p=1442 Herrerasaurus was one of the earliest dinosaurs. Its name means “Herrera’s lizardâ€, after the rancher who discovered the first specimen in 1958 in South America. All known fossils of this carnivore have been discovered in the Ischigualasto Formation of Carnian age (late Triassic according to the ICS, dated to 231.4 million years ago) in northwestern […]
Herrerasaurus was one of the earliest dinosaurs. Its name means “Herrera’s lizardâ€, after the rancher who discovered the first specimen in 1958 in South America. All known fossils of this carnivore have been discovered in the Ischigualasto Formation of Carnian age (late Triassic according to the ICS, dated to 231.4 million years ago) in northwestern Argentina. The type species, Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis, was described by Osvaldo Reig in 1963 and is the only species assigned to the genus. Ischisaurus and Frenguellisaurus are synonyms.
Herrerasaurus was a dinosaur which lived approximately 231 million years ago—making it one of the earliest dinosaurs to have ever walked the Earth that have been found so far. It was first discovered in 1959 by a goat herder named Victorino Herrera who happened on it by accident. It would be named Herrerasaurus in his honor in 1963. Its name literally means “â€Herrera’s lizardâ€.
Herrerasaurus was a bipedal carnivore that was approximately 20 feet long, 3 feet high at the hip and probably weighed around 700 pounds. It also had an elongated narrow skull that was filled with dozens of serrated teeth for cutting and tearing the flesh of its prey. This dinosaur also had a small front arms that were about half the length of its back legs.
Although this dinosaur was primitive as compared to dinosaurs that came about during the Jurassic Era, it was pretty advanced for its own age—the Triassic Period. It had many of the same features as later therapods including it’s leg and fore arm structure. It also had a special joint in its jaw that enabled it hold down its prey better.
An interesting fact about Herrerasaurus is that paleontologists have concluded that this dinosaur was a carnivore, but it was probably not the apex predator of its ecosystem. In fact, while it may have lived off of animals such as Hyperodapedon and Ischigualastia, it may have indeed been hunted itself by some of the top predators of that Era—reptiles!! Yes, reptiles during the Triassic were the top predator and there were many that were large enough to give Herrerasaurus a hard time. These included Postosuchus and Saurosuchus, as well as many others.
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Source: wikipedia and newdinosaurs.com/
https://paleontology.us/dinosaur-with-long-neck/ Paleontology_US Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:03:09 +0000 Dinosaurs https://paleontology.us/?p=1424 Dinosaurs with long neck Which dinosaur has the longest neck? Find out who are the long necked dinosaurs, facts, pictures and information about them. Long Neck Dinosaurs When we think of a dinosaurs with long necks then we are usually thinking of members of the (plant eating) sauropod classification of dinosaurs. They have long necks and tails, small […]
Find out who are the long necked dinosaurs, facts, pictures and information about them.
When we think of a dinosaurs with long necks then we are usually thinking of members of the (plant eating) sauropod classification of dinosaurs. They have long necks and tails, small heads and four thick legs.
Let us take a look at some examples, and find out some dinosaur facts about them!
Scientists say that the Dreadnoughtus is among the biggest land animals to walk the earth. Its head and neck length was around 12.2m (40ft) and its length from noe to tale was 26m (85ft).
Brachiosaurus were were around 25 metres long (85 feet) in length and weighed 40 tons. They could reach up 9 metres high – the same as two double-decker buses stacked on top of each other.
Diplodocus is thought to be the longest known dinosaur. The neck could reach over 6m (20ft) and its long tail had 80 vertebrae.
In 2015 paleontologists from the University of Alberta discovered a new species of a long necked dinosaur from a skeleton found in China.
Qijianglong (pronounced “CHI-jyang-lonâ€) is about 15 metres long and lived about 160 million years ago in the Late Jurassic period.
Although the neck was very long, the neck vertebrae were filled with air, making their necks lightweight.
They had long necks and were about 70 feet long – from head to tail. As can be seen from Giraffatitan pictures, these dinosaurs were very much giraffe-like.
Elasmosaurus would have had a streamlined body with paddle-like limbs, a short tail, a small head, and an extremely long neck. The neck alone was around 7.1 meters (23Â ft) long.
Along with its relative Albertonectes , it was one of the longest-necked animals to have lived, with the largest number of neck vertebrae known, 72.
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https://paleontology.us/tyrannosaurus-rex-vs-spinosaurus/ Paleontology_US Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:46:36 +0000 Curiosities https://paleontology.us/?p=1419 Tyrannosaurus Rex vs Spinosaurus |Who Wins? The battle of the century! Between two most formidable and vicious top dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, also known as the T-Rex, versus the Spinosaurus, also known as Spino. Both are similar in size, the Spino is a bit taller and longer, but the T-Rex is heavier and have a […]
The battle of the century! Between two most formidable and vicious top dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, also known as the T-Rex, versus the Spinosaurus, also known as Spino. Both are similar in size, the Spino is a bit taller and longer, but the T-Rex is heavier and have a better jaw power.
Spino lives in water, and feeds mainly on fishes. While the T-Rex can’t swim.
Also see: Tyrannosaurus Rex Vs Indominus Rex