Suchomimus

Suchomimus ("crocodile mimic") was a fish-eating (and meat-eating) large spinosaurid theropod dinosaur with a crocodile-like head. It lived 112 million years ago in the Lower Cretaceous period in what is now Africa.

Suchomimus Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
All the bones of Suchomimus found so far
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsid
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Family:	Spinosauridae
Genus:	Suchomimus
Species:	S. tenerensis
Binomial name
Suchomimus tenerensis Sereno et al., 1998

Restoration of ''Suchomimus tenerensis''

It was about 10.3–11 m (34–36 ft) long, and weighed 2.7 and 5.2 tonnes (2.7 and 5.1 long tons; 3.0 and 5.7 short tons). It walked on two powerful hind legs, and had short clawed arms with three fingers, the first finger was the longest.

Suchomimus Media

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  Outcrops of the Erlhaz Formation, (Gadoufaoua in lower right)

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  Digital skeletal reconstructions of Suchomimus showing known bones based on the holotype (red), a partial skeleton (blue), and other referred specimens (yellow)

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  Size comparison of various spinosaurids (Suchomimus in red, second from right) with a human

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  Reconstructed skull, Museum of Ancient Life, Utah

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  Closeup of front of the snout and dentition

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  Life restoration

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  Reconstructed forelimb and hand of Suchomimus, Museum of Ancient Life, Utah

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  Skeletal diagram combining several specimens (above), compared with the closely related genus Baryonyx

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  Baryonyx walkeri restoration

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