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What Lies Beneath

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The Spinosaurus Bone

Fossils of spinosauras were found in the Kemkam, a border region between Morocco and Algeria. The fossils were deposited in a river system that was also home to giant sea lacan,. And the skies over the river system were filled with pterosaurs, flying reptiles. Spinosauras had paddle shaped feet, very unusual, no other dinosaur's feet like this. It may have been used to walk on soft sediment or maybe for paddling in the water.

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