The biggest predatory dinosaur was half-duck, half-crocodile! – Gizmodo

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No, the biggest predatory dinosaur was not the Tyranosaurus Rex was the Spinosaurus aegyptiacus – at least among the fossils that have been discovered -. 15 meters in length, a strong jaw and a large crest on the back. The beast walked the lands of North Africa there are 95 million years old and even though it was discovered there nearly a century, its true form has just been revealed.

And the animal is not lack of interest since it is the “first non-avian dinosaur adapted to water”, according to paleontologist Paul Sereno. The man was part of the team that rebuilt the Spinosaurus aegyptiacus with recent discoveries paleontologist Ernst Stromer German. This predator was a huge fish eater, a marvel of shallow water. In the words of Paul Sereno, “a chimera – half duck, half crocodile”

Over these recent discoveries, the history that led to this impressive reconstruction and long a century and also fascinating. It is to discover, in outline and in English, in the given source link.