Suchomimus
All the bones of Suchomimus found so far
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Suchomimus
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S. tenerensis
Binomial name
Suchomimus tenerensis
Restoration of ''Suchomimus tenerensis''
Suchomimus ("crocodile mimic") was a fish -eating (and meat -eating) large spinosaurid theropod dinosaur with a crocodile -like head. It lived 112 million years ago in the Lower Cretaceous period in what is now Africa .[ 1]
It was about 10.3–11 m (34–36 ft) long, and weighed 2.7 and 5.2 tonnes (2.7 and 5.1 long tons; 3.0 and 5.7 short tons).[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] It walked on two powerful hind legs, and had short clawed arms with three fingers , the first finger was the longest.
↑ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.
↑ Therrien, François; Henderson, Donald M. (2007). "My theropod is bigger than yours … or not: estimating body size from skull length in theropods" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 27 (1): 108–115. doi :10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[108:MTIBTY]2.0.CO;2 . S2CID 86025320 . Retrieved 2013-03-19 .
↑ Therrien, François; Henderson, Donald M. (2007). "My theropod is bigger than yours … or not: estimating body size from skull length in theropods" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 27 (1): 108–115. doi :10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[108:MTIBTY]2.0.CO;2 . S2CID 86025320 . Retrieved 2013-03-19 .
↑ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.