#bahariya

AND HERE IT IS! It was really hard to not tell everyone because I knew for more than 2 years now. Please welcome Tameryraptor, a new name for Stromers carcharodontosaurid. Based on Stromers descriptions, drawings and newly found photographs the authors conclude...

...That this animal was distinct from the better known Kem Kem material. I had hoped it to be out before the Bahariya stream but oh well, I did a small update afterwards ;)

If you want to have a read, click the link below =)

Bahariya unisex retro t-shirt

Get a t-shirt with this Miami Vice-inspired design that illustrates a landscape from the Bahariya Formation. This Late Cretaceous scene features the silhouette of Spinosaurus among the mangrove tree ferns, as well as some flying Alanqa.

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Spinosaurus

Late Cretaceous, North Africa

An image inspired by the recent paper by Dr. David Hone and Dr. Thomas Holtz, Jr., "Evaluating the ecology of Spinosaurus: shoreline generalist or aquatic pursuit specialist?" published in Palaeontologia Electronica, January 2021: https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2021/3219-the-ecology-of-spinosaurus

I tried to depict the Spinosaurus here using its sail both for intraspecific display and to cast shadows on the water as some modern herons and egrets do in a behavior known as "canopy feeding". Above, a large azhdarchid and two ornithocheirid pterosaurs cruise by, and in the water a Neoceratodus lungfish is about to become the next meal for the Spinosaurus.

Dr. Hone has a great podcast, in which you can learn more about the history and current ideas about Spinosaurus: https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/s03e01-spinosaurus-megasode