Suchomimus tenerensis
dinosaur
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Suchomimus tenerensis was a dinosaur belonging to the spinosaur family, discovered in Niger. This theropod dinosaur lived approximately 100 to 94 million years ago. Suchomimus was about 11 meters (36 feet) long and primarily ate fish, possessing a narrow skull with hooked teeth for grasping prey. It also had a sail-like structure on its back, a characteristic shared with other spinosaurs like Spinosaurus.12
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