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Why Paleontologists Can’t Stop Fighting About Spinosaurus

What does it mean to be a “semi-aquatic” dinosaur?

07/01/2025 | Rating NR

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Eons

Why Paleontologists Can’t Stop Fighting About Spinosaurus

Special | 8m 37sVideo has Closed Captions

What does it mean to be a “semi-aquatic” dinosaur?

What does it mean to be a “semi-aquatic” dinosaur? Was it wading in the shallows, or could it have been a skilled swimmer? Each scenario paints a very different picture of Spinosaurus, and the discovery of new fossils has paleontologists rethinking just how weird and watery this dinosaur was all over again.

07/01/2025 | Rating NR

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Eons

Why Paleontologists Can’t Stop Fighting About Spinosaurus

Special | 8m 37sVideo has Closed Captions

What does it mean to be a “semi-aquatic” dinosaur? Was it wading in the shallows, or could it have been a skilled swimmer? Each scenario paints a very different picture of Spinosaurus, and the discovery of new fossils has paleontologists rethinking just how weird and watery this dinosaur was all over again.

07/01/2025 | Rating NR

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Welcome to Eons!

Join hosts Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age.

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