Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Friend of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Paul Sereno, led a recent fossil dig in North Africa that discovered the first new species of Spinosaurus in one hundred years. Our own HMNS paleontologist and paleo lab manager Colin Diggins weighs in on the significance of this wonderful discovery!

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Learn more:
https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/new-scimitar-crested-spinosaurus-species-discovered-central-sahara