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New 'scimitar-crested' Spinosaurus species discovered in the central Sahara
- February 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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A paper published in Science describes the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new spinosaurid species found in Niger. A 20-person team led by Paul Sereno, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago, unearthed the find at a remote locale in the central Sahara, adding important new fossil finds to the closing chapter of spinosaurid evolution.
Originally published at Phys.org