GENERAL GEOLOGY

GEOLOGY

PALEONTOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did spinosaurids mostly prioritize their diet on?
A
Fish
B
Live large dinosaurs
C
Live small dinosaurs
D
Lush vegetation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What did Spinosaurus eat? Spinosaurus is thought to have survived primarily on fish, including giant coelacanths, sawfish, large lungfish and sharks, which lived in the dinosaur’s river system, according to Ibrahim.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spinosaurus is known to have eaten fish, and most scientists believe that it hunted both terrestrial and aquatic prey. Evidence suggests that it was highly semiaquatic, and lived both on land and in water much like modern crocodilians do.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was named by paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. Spinosaurus is a meat-eating dinosaur that lived on a diet of fish and land animals. Paleontologists believe that the Spinosaurus used the sail on its back for display to fend off enemies or attract possible mates.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spinosaurus is now seen by most experts as a semi-aquatic piscivore and a piscivore is a carnivorous animal that eats primarily fish. We know this because we have found fossil evidence for a fish-eating diet this includes a barb from a sawfish stuck in a jaw of a Spinosaurus.

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