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I got access to better scaling and photographiv documentation of the Spinosaurus type specimen, so along with Jaimie Headden's observation [link] that one of the presumed sacrals was actually an anterior caudal, I set out to revisit Spinosaurus.

Of course much is still unknown, but with the help of Irritator (including Angaturama) and related animals like Baryonyx and Suchomimus I feel like the general proportions are probably about correct, although there is room for uncertainty in the pectoral girdle, forelimbs, and (to a lesser extent) hindlimbs.
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~dinosaurusbrazil 1 day ago  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I think that the spinosaurus neck was larger than it, because, with a longer neck, they could catch fishes more easily...
After all, good drawing.

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*shartman 1 day ago
Funny, I actually had some people ask why I'd made it this long. Regardless, the vertebrae that exist constrain the length of the neck; it's unlikely that the missing vertebrae got radically longer (or shorter) in the series.

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*Dino-Mario 3 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
Whoa!!!Now that's one powerful,handsome looking Spinosaurus.Great Job!!!
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*shartman 1 day ago
Thanks :)

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~Teratophoneus May 16, 2012
I based this on your reconstruction [link] :)

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*shartman May 16, 2012
Cool! The tongue looks a bit too long and snake-like, but all in all a nice drawing :)

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~Teratophoneus May 17, 2012
wow thanks, it means a lot to me to hear that from you :)

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~Allosaurus333 Apr 25, 2012
How's possible that a horror video-game got the shape of the sail almost correct WAY BACK IN 2003?
Just look for DINO CRISIS MIAPLACIDUS in google images
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Mood: Joy ~NOAHREX23 Mar 13, 2012  New member
awsome
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~thediremoose Mar 11, 2012
This arrangement definitely makes more sense than the traditional Spinosaurus restoration. It's essentially a larger version of the frill Suchomimus had.
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