Scientists discover giant bird-like dinosaur in Niger desert
The Peninsula
Abidjan: Deep in the desert of Niger, scientists have unearthed an unknown species of dinosaur, a giant fissvery of its kind in more than a century....
Abidjan: Deep in the desert of Niger, scientists have unearthed an unknown species of dinosaur, a giant fissvery of its kind in more than a century.
Around 95 million years ago, the Spinosaurus, a massive beast with a blade-shaped head crest and interlocking teeth, roamed the African continent.
Scientists believe it rivalled the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex in size, measuring around 40 feet long with a 20-inch sword-like crest on its head.
Researchers dug up fossils that belonged to the Spinosaurus mirabilis or "hell heron", in the words of Paul Sereno, the University of Chicago palaeontologist and lead author of the research published in the journal Science.
"Look at the length of the skull, the length of the neck, and the length of the hind limb, you're in heron territory."
