genus of spinosaurid dinosaur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suchomimus ("crocodile mimic") was a fish-eating (and meat-eating) large spinosaurid theropod dinosaur with a crocodile-like head. It lived 112 million years ago in the Lower Cretaceous period in what is now Africa.[1]
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| Genus: | Suchomimus |
| Species: | S. tenerensis |
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| Suchomimus tenerensis Sereno et al., 1998 | |
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It was about 10.3–11 m (34–36 ft) long, and weighed 2.7 and 5.2 tonnes (2.7 and 5.1 long tons; 3.0 and 5.7 short tons).[2][3][4] It walked on two powerful hind legs, and had short clawed arms with three fingers, the first finger was the longest.
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