🇳🇪 Niger

Spinosaurus

126 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 3 occ.

Afrovenator

171 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 1 occ.

Angolasaurus

90 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 1 occ.

Carcharodontosaurus

143 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 1 occ.

Goronyosaurus

72 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 1 occ.

Halisaurus

86 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 1 occ.

A giant blade-crested spinosaurus, the “hell heron,” discovered in the Sahara

crest Dinosauria fossil Niger predator +1

Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis — a spectacular new predator crowned with a massive, scimitar-shaped crest that may once have blazed with color under the desert sun. Discovered in remote inland river deposits in Niger, the fossil rewrites what we thought we knew about spinosaur dinosaurs, suggesting they weren’t fully aquatic hunters but powerful waders stalking fish in forested waterways hundreds of miles from the sea.

23/02/2026 sciencedaily

Spinosaurus: Beast of the Week

Cretaceous Dinosauria Egypt Late Cretaceous Morocco +2

Make way (lots of room...back up more...keep going...keep going...backbackbackback) for the mighty Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus! Spinosaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Africa, including Egypt, Morocco, and Niger during the late Cretaceous Period, about 97-95 million years ago.  It was a massive animal, the biggest known individuals possibly measuring 49 feet (about 15m) long from snout to tail as an adult, making it the longest meat-eating dinosaur known to science.  The gen

22/02/2026 prehistoricbeastoftheweek

Kryptops

Abelisauridae bone Cretaceous