What do Spinosaurus eat?

What did Spinosaurus eat? Spinosaurus is thought to have survived primarily on fish, including giant coelacanths, sawfish, large lungfish and sharks, which lived in the dinosaur's river system, according to Ibrahim. read more

Most spinosaurus fossils originated in North Africa, along an ancient shoreline. As the animals lived in similar places as crocodiles and had similarly shaped mouths, it is likely that they ate fish, just as modern crocodiles do. read more

Spinosaurus is thought to have survived primarily on fish, including giant coelacanths, sawfish, large lungfish and sharks, which lived in the dinosaur's river system, according to Ibrahim."The skull of Spinosaurus has 'fish eating' written all over it, so those are the kinds of animals Spinosaurus would have preyed on," he said. read more

Spinosaurus was a specialist designed for life in the water. On the land, it would be a much less efficient hunter. Spinosaurus would rarely ever hunt on the land. Only in times of drought or when food was scarce would it attempt to hunt land based prey. read more