Spinosaurus (NuGen)

The Florida tiamat (Spinosaurus floridanus) is a species of large spinosaurid theropod dinosaur that originally lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 93.5 million years ago, but has since been brought back from extinction by NuGen, possibly as a form of competition with SciiFii in the race to recreate extinct animals, and was planned to be included in Miami Zoo, but during the shipment, some criminals, possibly terrorists, released these Spinosaurus species from their containment and tried to capture them for use of war, but (thankfully) that plan failed as the Spinosaurus floridanus had easily escaped from the terrorists, despite their huge size, ever since they have established breeding populations throughout the Florida rainforests and everglades. Spinosaurus floridanus is among the largest of all known carnivorous dinosaurs, nearly as large as or, in some cases, even larger than Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus. Spinosaurus floridanus can reach lengths of 15–16 metres (49–52 feet) and can weigh around 6.4–7.5 tonnes (7.1–8.3 short tons), despite its body design and size, it is able to stand and walk on its back legs, making it possibly more accurate than SciiFii's first Spinosaurus species that were recreated. The skull of Spinosaurus floridanus is long and narrow, similar to that of a native modern crocodilian, but unlike crocodilians or other recreated Spinosaurus species, has lips that covers its teeth when closed. Despite its gigantic size, Spinosaurus floridanus does not hunt living land animals, instead it is known feed on fish, but can sometimes feed on carrion to supplement its diet; it lives both on land and in water as a native modern crocodilian does. The distinctive spines of Spinosaurus, which are long extensions of the vertebrae, growing to at least 1.65 meters (5.4 ft) long and have skin connecting them, forming a sail-like structure. The sail-like structure on Spinosaurus floridanus has multiple functions, including thermoregulation and display.
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