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Iberospinus

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                               Iberospinus   Ok, dinosaurs are discovered and named all the time but this one is a little more famous then others. It was also made a new species in 2019 so it's not that new but new enough. Anyway, I will give you some basic info on this dinosaur.   Iberospinus means (Iberian spine) since it was found of the coast of The Iberian Peninsula. It was a spinosaurid which lived in the Early Creataceous. The person who discovered the Iberospinus is named Carlos Natario. The Iberospinus' bones indicate that it might of had a semi-aquatic lifestyle like it's relatives. It was about 30-33ft long, about 10-11ft in height and it would probably have weighed between 1.5-2 tons.   Although the Iberospinus is a spinosaur it's not in the spinosaurinae or baryonychinae. You might think it looks like a Suchosaurus or Baryonyx but it isn't. But   Estraviz-Lopez explained the ...