Rare Spinosaurus Neural (sail) Spine - 7.88 inches

Description

A rare Spinosaurus neural spine from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco. These flat bones extended from the dinosaur's vertebrae to form a sail. The last image shows the sail spines from the holotype specimen, described in 1915.

These neural spines are rarely offered for sale, so this should make a very cool addition to someone's collection. Features one repair, no restoration.

Spinosaurus was a theropod dinosaur and one of the largest known land carnivores to ever exist. It lived around 94 - 100 million years ago in what is now modern day North Africa, which at that time was dominated by mangrove forests and vast river systems leading out to the Tethys Sea (an ancient sea which existed between 250 and 50 million years ago, before the evolution of the indian ocean).

Spinosaurus was one of the few dinosaurs to be semi-aquatic and its diet consisted mainly of fish, although it was likely an opportunistic predator and there is evidence to suggest it also fed on other small to medium sized animals such as pterosaurs and baby dinosaurs. The extent to which it lived in the water is still up for debate, but it probably hunted for fish much like the modern day heron.

Condition: Good/Partial

Size: 7.88 inch

Age: 95 Million Years

Locality: Kem Kem Beds, Morocco