What was the diet of a Spinosaurus?

Image Credit | Joschua Knuppe - Illustrated after an article written by Jamale Ijouiher It mostly hunted really, really big fish. Though it isn't known wether it actively hunted them, Spinosaurus lived with turtles and polycotylid plesiosaurs. read more

One thing that was on the Spinosaurus’ diet was large dinosaurs. It also ate the dead carcasses of other dinosaurs. It also ate large fish. Another thing that was on the Spinosaurus diet was eggs. read more

It was almost certainly specialized for eating aquatic prey, like fish. The environment it lived in, the Kem Kem formation of cretaceous Africa consisted of large, deep rivers bordering on a sea. read more

Spinosaurus means"spine lizard," an appropriate descriptor, as the dinosaur had very long spines growing on its back to form what is referred to as a"sail." The distinctive spines, which grew out of the animal's back vertebrae, were up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) long and were likely connected to one another by skin. read more