Spinosaurus dinosaur, illustration


Spinosaurus (Spinosaurus aegyptiacus) dinosaur, illustration. Spinosaurus was a large theropod dinosaur that lived 95 to 70 million years ago. It had a large sail along its back formed from very long neural spines. The sail was thought to act as a thermoregulator or sexual display. It's teeth and jaw shape indicates that it fed mainly on fish. It is thought that it was semi-aquatic. The largest specimen measured 18 metres in length making it the largest carnivorous dinosaur that ever lived.


Size: 5000px × 3534px
Location:
Photo credit: © ANIMATE4.COM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, aegyptiacus, animal, artwork, background, biological, biology, carnivore, cretaceous, cut, cut-, cut-outs, cutout, cutouts, dinosaur, display, fauna, illustration, largest, late, mouth, nature, open, outs, palaeontology, piscivore, piscivorous, prehistoric, prehistory, roaring, sail, semi-aquatic, spinosaurus, theropod, white, wildlife, zoological, zoology