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Spinosaurus skull restoration,

• Based on the 2005 Del Sasso reconstruction. Which in turn is based on specimins MSNM V4047 (a 998 mm snoat), IPHG 1912 VIII 19 (the front half of the lower jaw), and UCPC-2 (the crest). Rear parts of the skull based on Irritator and other spinosaurs.^[1]

• • Skin is not yet known for Spinosaurus. However, other large theropods with skin impressions have, until recently, shown typical dinosaurian scales. (Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 1997 Philip J. Currie, Kevin Padian) The skin details in this image are speculative but have been based loosely on what is known in Carnotaurus^[2]. In 2011 Sciurumimus was described which shows a fuzzy body covering, some analysis have found it to be a magalosauroid, the same group that Spinosaurus belongs to. ^[3]. In 2012 Yutyrannus was described, it showed that large theropods could have been covered in feathers ^[4]. Other recent discoveries have suggested that the origin of feathers are further back in the dinosaur family tree and may even predate dinosaurs. These discoveries suggest that it is entirely possible that Spinosaurus could have also have feathers covering its body.

• The colours and/or patterns, as with nearly all reconstructions of prehistoric creatures, are speculative.

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References

↑ dal Sasso, C.; Maganuco, S.; Buffetaut, E.; and Mendez, M.A. (2005). "New information on the skull of the enigmatic theropod Spinosaurus, with remarks on its sizes and affinities". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (4): 888–896. DOI:[0888:NIOTSO2.0.CO;2 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0888:NIOTSO]2.0.CO;2].
↑ Bonaparte, José F.; Novas, Fernando E.; Coria, Rodolfo A. (1990). "Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte, the horned, lightly built carnosaur from the Middle Cretaceous of Patagonia". Contributions in Science 416. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
↑ Rauhut, O.W.M.; Foth, C.; Tischlinger, H.; and Norell, M.A. (2011). "doi=10.1073 Exceptionally preserved juvenile megalosauroid theropod dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (29): 11746–11751.
↑ (2012). "A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China" (PDF). Nature 484: 92–95. DOI:10.1038/nature10906. PMID 22481363.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:56, 12 February 2015	1,280 × 720 (383 KB)	Steveoc 86	Changed head position, changed neck shape. Tweaks.
	13:21, 4 February 2010	1,024 × 576 (274 KB)	Steveoc 86	Update: Shrink scales. Add Colour.
	00:06, 8 June 2009	1,200 × 675 (231 KB)	Steveoc 86	Minor Tweaks
	15:16, 1 June 2009	1,200 × 675 (283 KB)	Steveoc 86	Tweaks
	14:31, 9 November 2008	1,500 × 835 (344 KB)	Steveoc 86	Tweaks
	15:46, 17 June 2008	1,800 × 1,003 (592 KB)	Steveoc 86	tweeks
	11:25, 14 May 2008	1,800 × 1,003 (592 KB)	Steveoc 86	oops...forgot teeth
	11:22, 14 May 2008	1,800 × 1,003 (590 KB)	Steveoc 86	tweeks
	20:11, 15 December 2007	1,800 × 1,003 (502 KB)	Steveoc 86	More tweeks
	21:19, 30 October 2007	1,800 × 1,003 (611 KB)	Steveoc 86	Clean up