Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Deep in the deserts of Niger, a UChicago-led team unearthed Spinosaurus mirabilis—the first new species of its kind in more than a century. Led by UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno, the expedition upends long-held assumptions about how these fish-eating giants lived. A new paper in Science describes the remarkable find.
Video by Matthew Irving courtesy of Expedition Impossible
Learn more: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/hell-heron-dinosaur-discovered-central-sahara
Fossil Lab website: https://paulsereno.uchicago.edu/fossil_lab/
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Deep in the deserts of Niger, a UChicago-led team unearthed Spinosaurus mirabilis—the first new species of its kind in more than a century. Led by UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno, the expedition upends long-held assumptions about how these fish-eating giants lived. A new paper in Science describes the remarkable find.
Video by Matthew Irving courtesy of Expedition Impossible
Learn more: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/hell-heron-dinosaur-discovered-central-sahara
Fossil Lab website: https://paulsereno.uchicago.edu/fossil_lab/
➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/UCHICAGOytSubscribe
About #UChicago:
Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research. This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholars to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas.
#UChicago on the Web:
Home: bit.ly/UCHICAGO-homepage
News: bit.ly/UCHICAGO-news
Facebook: bit.ly/UCHICAGO-FB
X: bit.ly/UCHICAGO-TW
Instagram: bit.ly/UCHICAGO-IG
University of Chicago on YouTube:
youtube.com/uchicago
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ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.
