FfFfFfFF 58,109 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 More than 95 million years ago, a mighty river system roared through what is now the Moroccan Sahara, providing a home to one of the most unusual river monsters known to science, the predatory dinosaur Spinosaurus. Fully grown, the 50-foot-long, seven-ton beast stretched longer than an adult Tyrannosaurus rex and had an elongated snout similar to a crocodile’s that bristled with sharp, conical teeth. Now, paleontologists plumbing these ancient sediments have found large abundances of those conical teeth at two sites in southeastern Morocco. Because these rocks formed from river sediments, the discovery implies that Spinosaurus lost its teeth in the water far more often than other dinosaurs that lived in the region—further bolstering the case that this animal was a unique aquatic killer. More fossils will surely come from the rocks of the Kem Kem—and these teeth are far from the last word on the beguiling Spinosaurus. But for now, at least, the data match up with a provocative image of the distant past: a massive, crocodile-like dinosaur swimming through mighty rivers where the Sahara now lies. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/09/case-for-river-monster-spinosaurus-strengthened-by-new-fossil-teeth/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkTheFunk 125,703 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Jesus Christ, imagine swimming in the ocean and seeing one of these lurking below you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 25,164 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 *Me reading everything within 3 seconds* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,109 Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, PunkTheFunk said: Jesus Christ, imagine swimming in the ocean and seeing one of these lurking below you It seems that Cher made it through this situation so it must not have been that bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yxilon 5,248 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 most vertebrate fossils do preserve in acquatic sediments because of alluvial transport. Even though it is pretty proved that Spinosaurus was at least partially an ecologically water-related animal, to assert that finding some teeth in acquatic sediments means that the fossil actually belongs to an acquatic animal is a huge and misleading mistake. There is a thing called taphonomy to be taken into consideration. Most terrestrial vertebrates that are not affected by alluvial transport after their death do not fossilize due to weathering. Everything could be everything (it could mean anything) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,564 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 More cool science pls 🥺 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,368 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 shiity dino, it can kill in the sea and on the land f-ck it So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirkje 751 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Show me your teeth! Stanlist: Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Dua Lipa, Fifth Harmony girls, unperfect, Grace VanderWaal, Rina Sawayama Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pratz 1,484 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Imagine being a soft water dinosaur and swimming in the fear of these horrific sea monsters 🥺 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolfsmck 2,763 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Mostly the spinosawrus didn't have a very good dentist ... so they lost a lot more teeth than the other sawrusii like a cat in a sil, I observe life, moving and still. My words give a clue,look inside to see whats true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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