Why Did Spinosaurus Go Extinct?

Why Did Spinosaurus Go Extinct?

The extinction of Spinosaurus would have been a different set of events than what killed the rest of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. As its environment dried up during a change in climate, dwindling habitat would have reduced prey and increased competitive pressures among other large predators.

When did the Spino go extinct?

Fast Facts about Spinosaurus

Spinosaurus lived during the Cenomanian and Albain ages 94-110 million years ago. Spinosaurus became extinct 30 million years before T-rex appeared. In 1912, Richard Markgraf found a partial specimen in the Baharia Oasis of Egypt.

What would happen if Spinosaurus did not go extinct?

If the Spinosaurus had survived the mass extinction, and still lived in the Nile today, the crocodiles would be looking for a new home on land. If crocodiles became land dwellers, the land along the Nile would look very different too. ... Egypt would have been a very different place if the Spinosaurus still lived.

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