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A reconstruction of a single Spinosaurus mirabilis standing in shallow water with its mouth open. The two-legged dinosaur has a curved crest on its head, a sail-like structure on its back and sharp claws on its hands.

Spinosaurus mirabilis lived in what is now the Sahara Desert 95 million years ago back when it was a wetland. © Dani Navarro/ University of Chicago

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