Spinosaurus is probably the most bizarre
dinosaur out there looking at
Spinosaurus I always feel like I’m
working on an alien from outer space
it’s unlike any other dinosaur
it’s the largest predatory dinosaur it’s
a bigger than t-rex by a good margin but
really the most interesting thing for me
is that it’s the first dinosaur that
really took to the water
this animal is something that is really
adapted like a crocodile it has a mean
crocodile like head and long neck and
like a crocodile it’s got a good tail
flat and spreading toes might have been
webbed for swimming we think that these
are primary facie evidence they’re there
they’re really great clues for an
aquatic lifestyle one of the most
striking features in the skeleton is the
big sail basically a series of long
spines on the back of the animal and in
Spinosaurus you have these bony blade
shaped bones as tall as a person I think
this was displayed was to make yourself
look bigger it’s to let you know that
your compatriots in the environment can
see you it’s it’s to let them know
you’re there a flagship of the dinosaur
is what that sail seems to represent
something that probably was brightly
colored for for purposes of
communication within its species the
river system was working on is located
in the border region between Morocco and
Algeria really it’s one big river system
that existed in what is today the Sahara
so that’s a huge area and it existed for
a pretty long time and so these these
predators carved out all these very
different ecological niches and really
ruled this part of Africa for millions
and millions of years you’ve seen it
many times on your computer screen and
we’re working on this digital model for
many months if we were tweaking
every day but seeing it at life-size was
was really incredible because I think
it’s very difficult to really visualize
in your mind what a 50 foot long
predator looks like you really have to
walk up to it and you just look at the
arms and you go like wow this thing
could just grab me and pull me into
three pieces and that’s when you realize
a how big this animal was but also how
beautiful it was it really is an amazing
creature finally seeing it all come
together and see the mounted skeleton
was a really magical moment and I don’t
think the kind of you know you
experience many moments like this in
your career
you
dinosaur out there looking at
Spinosaurus I always feel like I’m
working on an alien from outer space
it’s unlike any other dinosaur
it’s the largest predatory dinosaur it’s
a bigger than t-rex by a good margin but
really the most interesting thing for me
is that it’s the first dinosaur that
really took to the water
this animal is something that is really
adapted like a crocodile it has a mean
crocodile like head and long neck and
like a crocodile it’s got a good tail
flat and spreading toes might have been
webbed for swimming we think that these
are primary facie evidence they’re there
they’re really great clues for an
aquatic lifestyle one of the most
striking features in the skeleton is the
big sail basically a series of long
spines on the back of the animal and in
Spinosaurus you have these bony blade
shaped bones as tall as a person I think
this was displayed was to make yourself
look bigger it’s to let you know that
your compatriots in the environment can
see you it’s it’s to let them know
you’re there a flagship of the dinosaur
is what that sail seems to represent
something that probably was brightly
colored for for purposes of
communication within its species the
river system was working on is located
in the border region between Morocco and
Algeria really it’s one big river system
that existed in what is today the Sahara
so that’s a huge area and it existed for
a pretty long time and so these these
predators carved out all these very
different ecological niches and really
ruled this part of Africa for millions
and millions of years you’ve seen it
many times on your computer screen and
we’re working on this digital model for
many months if we were tweaking
every day but seeing it at life-size was
was really incredible because I think
it’s very difficult to really visualize
in your mind what a 50 foot long
predator looks like you really have to
walk up to it and you just look at the
arms and you go like wow this thing
could just grab me and pull me into
three pieces and that’s when you realize
a how big this animal was but also how
beautiful it was it really is an amazing
creature finally seeing it all come
together and see the mounted skeleton
was a really magical moment and I don’t
think the kind of you know you
experience many moments like this in
your career
you
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