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Thrilled to share our new study led by the @FieldMuseum entitled “Subaqueous foraging among carnivorous dinosaurs” published today in @Nature! We found that, while #Spinosaurus and #Baryonyx could swim underwater, #Suchomimus could not. Thread
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Have you ever noticed how some modern semiaquatic animals do not show striking anatomical traits in their skeleton, such as the hippopotamus and tapirs? If these animals weren’t alive today, how easy would have been to correctly guess their ecology from their skeleton? 
This is what inspired us to investigate subaqueous behavior in dinosaurs: we wondered if we are underestimating the ecological diversity among non-avian dinosaurs and decided to use bone density to test for aquatic adaptations
#VillainDinosaur from Jurassic Park III, the #Spinosaurus, Was a River Monster: New Study
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- by @kun5k
(Artwork: Davide Bonadonna/Nature)
#JurassicPark
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- by @kun5k
(Artwork: Davide Bonadonna/Nature)
#JurassicPark
🦖A team of researchers from the University of Portsmouth recently collected some fossilised remains from the site of an ancient river bed in Morocco.
🦖Post analysis, the fossils were identified as the teeth of the #Spinosaurusaegyptiacus—the very same dinosaur that played the main villain in the movie @JurassicPark III.
Yes, you heard that right!
Yes, you heard that right!
Okay, since Twitter hasn't had enough Spinosaurus stuff over the past few weeks, Ima spend #FossilFriday diving into whether or not #Spinosaurus had lips, from a completely non-osteological perspective!
First, why have lips? Lips serve two big functions in tetrapods: first, as protection against tooth desiccation (retaining moisture), and also for hydrodynamics in whales and dolphins, by smoothing out their profile. (2nd image: Florian Graner)
Let’s look at the proposed analogues for Spinosaurs. Crocodilians are a frequent comparison: freshwater piscivorous reptiles with similar snout and tooth shape, and no lips. Moray eels, however, also hunt fish, have crazy dentition, but also have lips! (Image 1: Hal Beral, Getty)
