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· The Spinosaurus lived around 100 million years ago in what is now North Africa.
· The name Spinosaurus means ‘spine lizard’.
· Fossils of the Spinosaurus were first found in Egypt around 1910.
· The Spinosaurus was larger than the Tyrannosaurus Rex and may have been the largest carnivorous (meat eating) dinosaur ever.
· Studies estimate that it was around 15 metres (49 feet) in length and weighed anywhere between 7 to 20 tons.
· The Spinosaurus featured distinctive spines which grew over 1.5 metres (5 feet) long.
· The Spinosaurus had a long, thin skull.
· While the Spinosaurus usually walked on two legs, studies suggest that it may have occasionally crouched on all four.
· Spinosaurus featured in the popular movie Jurassic Park 3.
