the Spinosaurus files		Illustrations
Species list S. aegypticus

Name : Spinosaurus		Species : aegypticus
Pronounced : SPYE-nuh-SAWR-us		Pronounced : I-JIP-ti-kus
Meaning : "spine lizard"		Meaning :
Length up to : 14 meters (46')		Height including sail : 5.6 m (18.5')	Weight up to: perhaps 8 tons
Diet : carnivor = meat eater		Period : Upper Cretaceous
Superorder : Dinosauria	Order : Saurischia	Suborder : Theropoda	Family : Spinosauridae
Discovered by: Markgraf	When Discovered: 1912	Named by: Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach	When Named: 1915
Fossils found in : Egypt (Baharija formation)
Charactistics and things of interest:
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