| Name: | “Thorn Lizard ” |
| Type: | Powerful meat-eating dinosaur |
| Lived When: | Early Cretaceous (144 to 99 million years ago) |
| Weight: | Up to 4 1/2 tons |
| Length: | Up to 49 feet |
| Diet: | Other dinosaurs, dead or alive; dinosaur eggs as well (probably) |
| Habitat: | Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Niger (these areas were floodplains covered with lush forests when Spino lived there!) |
| Interesting Facts: |
Spinosaurus is named for the spines that stick out from its backbone. These are covered with a “sail” of skin.
Spinosaurus had crocodile-like jaws with rows of needle-sharp teeth. These long jaws were great for digging into dead dino bodies! Cool! |
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True or False:
Spinosaurus was the 2nd biggest meat-eating dinosaurs ever.
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