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The heat might have gotten the better of me. I am a spiteful creature. As mentioned, the paper is open access, have a look! It has some great figures!

The morphological analogy between the Spinosauridae and crocodilians rostrum has been widely documented. More recently, the supposed existen

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A dinosaur claw of an indeterminate spinosaurid, likely Suchomimus tenerensis from the Elrhaz Formation in Gadoufaoua, Niger. Baryonychine spinosaurids like Suchomimus and Baryonyx are known for their robust hand claws in contrast to the more narrow morphology seen in derived spinosaurines like Spinosaurus.

Suchomimus or Cristatusaurus

I've released this guy over on my Ko-fi with a simple rigify rig!

Remember to credit incase used for anything! The model has a rigify rig so that'd be the ony requirement for it.

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More venting

This time about something COMPLETELY different from sports:

Dinosaurs

Ok so I’m sure all u Dino nerds know about the new spinosaurid paper that suggested the Suchomimus and Cristatusaurus are now one of the same, which is fine, but what makes me so mad is that the Suchomimus name will be gone in favor of cristatusaurus.

Now, I will admit, suchomimus is one of my favorite dinosaurs so I have bias, however, I feel this is a case where cristatusaurus should be gone and instead called Suchomimus, because of not only the popularity Suchomimus has, but more specifically because

CRISTATUSAURUS IS A DUBIOUS TAXON KNOWN FROM VRY FRAGMENTARY REMAINS!!!

I know the rule in paleontology is which taxon came first, however Cristatusaurus is a barely known species which is known from very fragmentary remains and was only described literally 2 months before Suchomimus was described

Not to mention that there have been cases in the past where the first taxon did not become the one chosen as the name, such as with dimetrodon and T Rex, both were not the oldest described name for that species but due to their popularity, the name remained

I will be furious if we loose the name suchomimus just because the name Cristatusaurus technically came 2 months before, even though it was from fragmentary remains and a dubious taxon, while suchomimus is known from much more complete remains and has not been dubious (thought it has been referred to as another species of baryonyx at times in the past), and is a much more famous/popular name.

Thank u for coming to my ted talk that no one cares about

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Portrait sketch of the spinosaurid Suchomimus tenerensis from the Early Cretaceous of Niger. This is one of the spinosaurids known from relatively complete remains, including parts of the skull. The length of the Suchomimus is estimated at 9.5-11 meters, but the ontogenetic stage of the holotype is unknown, so the maximum size of this dinosaur is unclear. The skull is long and very narrow, with a characteristic notch in the upper jaw. There was a low ridge along the back. Judging by the structure of the leg bones, Suchomimus preferred to hunt in shallow water. Some paleontologists consider it to be one of the species of related Baryonyx, synonymy with contemporary, but much more fragmentary, Cristatusaurus lapparenti has also been suggested. Suchomimus co-existed with unusual dinosaurs such as Ouranosaurus and Nigersaurus, as well as various crocodylomorphs.

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Cristatusaurus

The "Crested Reptile," (lame name) Cristatusaurus is like the third dinosaur I've done that may or may not exist. Some believe it's just another suchomimus specimen but there are a couple little differences in the fossils that could imply a distinct species. It's also another one I colored, not a huge fan of the colors to be honest.