Spinosaurus was unlike any other carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered. Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex, it hunted in rivers and wetlands across ancient North Africa. Its long snout, conical teeth, and ...

New species Spinosaurus mirabilis found in Sahara desert It had a large scimitar-shaped bony crest atop its head Its body, skull and teeth were adapted for fish-eating Spinosaurus was one of the ...

Paleontologist Paul Sereno and an international team have named a new species of sail-backed predator, Spinosaurus mirabilis, from fossils pulled out of remote desert outcrops in Niger. The animal ...

My fixation on a small, desolate locale in the heart of the Sahara Desert started with a single line buried in a 630-page tome in French about the rocks of the central Sahara: "Dent de ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unearthed in a rare Saharan fossil site in Niger, Spinosaurus mirabilis had a large head crest that may have signaled a message to ...