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The First Dinosaur to Menace Both Land and Water

A new specimen of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus helps researchers sort out its strange traits.

By Gemma Tarlach
Nov 26, 2014 6:00 AMNov 15, 2019 3:55 PM
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The "Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous" exhibition at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C. | Rebecca Hale/National Geographic

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Uncovered in Saharan Morocco, a new specimen of the dinosaur Spinosaurus aegyptiacus helped researchers confirm that the 50-foot carnivore was the largest land predator ever known. And that’s probably the least interesting thing about the strange animal; Spinosaurus is also the only aquatic dinosaur ever identified.

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