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Suchomimus
Suchomimus
- Pronunciation:
- sook-oh-mim-us
- Name meaning:
- 'crocodile mimic'
- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 11.0m
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Early Cretaceous, 121-112 million years ago
- Found in:
- Niger
This dinosaur is similar to Spinosaurus and Baryonyx.
© Andrey Atuchin
© The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi published by Titan Books
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Spinosauridae, Baryonychinae
- Named by:
- Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Gado, Larsson, Lyon, Marcot, Rauhut, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, Wilson and Wilson (1998)
- Type species:
- tenerensis
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