How It Works-Book Of Dinosaurs

Dino skill

Its teeth were arranged in a ‘fi sh trap’

at the front of its mouth to better

catch slippery fi sh, while its nostrils

were turned inward, so it could eat

and breathe at the same time while in

the water.

Killer rating: 4/

Speed: 4/

Defence: 4/

Spinosaurus

DID YOU KNOW? Separated by millions of years, T-rex and Spinosaurus would never have met

Spinosaurus

(‘Spine lizard’)

Carnivore

Cretaceous period, 112-97 MYA

Found in: North Africa

Lived in: Forests Spinosaurus is the largest

meat-eating animal that

has ever existed, bigger

than a T-rex. Its diet

consisted of fi

land animals sh and

Fact

Crocodile-like

Its head was the

longest of any

carnivorous dinosaur,

the size of a human

being, and was shaped

like a crocodile’s head

Grasping arms

Claws on its small

arms could grab prey

Largest carnivore

Spinosaurus was taller

than T-rex

Sail back

The giant 1.5m spine,

sometimes called its

‘sail’, could have been

used to attract mates,

control body

temperature and warn

off competitors