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Published: 2019-05-12 16:00:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2556; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Description A size comparison of various specimens of the theropod dinosaur genus Spinosaurus

Ibrahim, Nizar & Sereno, Paul & Dal Sasso, Cristiano & Maganuco, Simone & Fabbri, Matteo & Martill, David & Zouhri, Samir & Myhrvold, Nathan & Iurino, Dawid. (2014). Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur. Science. 345. 10.1126/science.1258750.

References: Smith, J.B.; Lamanna, M.C.; Mayr, H.; and Lacovara, K.J. (2006). "New information regarding the holotype of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer, 1915". Journal of Paleontology. 80 (2): 400–406. Bibcode:1974JPal...48..524M. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0400:NIRTHO]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360.

dal Sasso, C.; Maganuco, S.; Buffetaut, E.; Mendez, M.A. (2005). "New information on the skull of the enigmatic theropod Spinosaurus, with remarks on its sizes and affinities". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (4): 888–896. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0888:NIOTSO]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.

dal Sasso, C.; Maganuco, S. (2018). "The smallest biggest theropod dinosaur: a tiny pedal ungual of a juvenile Spinosaurus from the Cretaceous of Morocco".  peerj.com/articles/4785/

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Comments: 9

Jdangerousdinosaur [2020-04-30 12:42:01 +0000 UTC]

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Deform2018 [2020-04-29 17:58:11 +0000 UTC]

Might need another update.

www.nature.com/articles/s41586…

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koprX In reply to Deform2018 [2020-04-29 18:25:11 +0000 UTC]

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Deform2018 In reply to koprX [2020-04-29 18:54:44 +0000 UTC]

It's paywalled sadly.

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grisador [2020-02-17 10:01:02 +0000 UTC]

Great work!

I really appreciate you established a firm erect-bipedal model here; too many People construct as the theropod hunchbacks onto the ground; in an almost exxagratedly slug like posture - as if the animal almost collapses 

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koprX In reply to grisador [2020-03-04 16:09:42 +0000 UTC]

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grisador In reply to koprX [2020-03-12 11:45:27 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! Genuinely Like your works

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Veldthunter [2019-05-16 20:52:14 +0000 UTC]

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koprX In reply to Veldthunter [2019-05-17 15:29:38 +0000 UTC]

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