Spinosaurus Enamel Pin

Species: Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus

Temporal Range: Early–Late Cretaceous, 112–93.5 Ma

Location: North Africa

Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albianto upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 93.5 million years ago. This genus was known first from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. The original remains were destroyed in World War II, but additional material has come to light in the early 21st century.