Video: How Spinosaurus used its tail to swim
An animation shows how Spinosaurus may have used its paddle-like tail for propulsion in the water. Modeling: Davide Bonadonna and Fabio Manucci; animation and texturing: Fabio Manucci; color design: Davide Bonadonna, DI.MA. Dino Makers; scientific supervision: Simone Maganuco and Marco Auditore; reconstruction based on: Ibrahim et al., 2020, Nature.
Video: Spinosaurus in 3D
Check out a 360 degree view of this impressive predator. Modeling: Davide Bonadonna and Fabio Manucci; animation and texturing: Fabio Manucci; color design: Davide Bonadonna, DI.MA. Dino Makers; scientific supervision: Simone Maganuco and Marco Auditore; reconstruction based on: Ibrahim et al., 2020, Nature.
Video: How Spinosaurus swam
Using its paddle-like tail, a Spinosaurus aegyptiacus cruises down a river some 97 million years ago in what's now Morocco. Newfound fossils demonstrate that the animal's tail was well suited for swimming – bolstering the case that Spinosaurus spent much of its time in the water. (Modeling: Davide Bonadonna and Fabio Manucci; animation and texturing: Fabio Manucci; color design: Davide Bonadonna, Di.Ma. Dino makers scientific supervision; Simone Maganuco and Marco Auditore; reconstruction based on: Nizar Ibrahim and others, Nature, 2020.)
Fossils 101
Fossils are echoes of an ancient past. Find out about the two major categories of fossils, how fossilisation occurs, and how fossils can help paint a picture of the planet's history.
