New Dinosaur Species: Spinosaurus mirabilis

演化之聲
Mar 11
4 min read

In the heart of the Sahara, within a dry and seemingly barren landscape, an unexpected discovery has revealed a new giant predator from the Late Cretaceous. At a fossil locality known as Jenguebi, researchers uncovered remains of a previously unknown species of Spinosaurus, named Spinosaurus mirabilis. This dinosaur possessed a distinctive cranial crest, a long and low snout, and widely spaced large teeth toward the rear of the jaws. The fossils come from fluvial sediments deposited roughly 95 million years ago, during the Late Cenomanian stage of the Farak Formation. The inland riverbank setting, far from any marine shoreline, demonstrates that members of the genus Spinosaurus were not confined to coastal habitats. Instead, they were capable of inhabiting river systems deep within continental interiors alongside inland sauropod dinosaurs.