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About Spino, the problem is that the bones are so rare. Take a look at my Basic opinion on Spinosaurus, you'll see what I think.

Hi, I'm pretty new here myself and as for Spinosaurus it's because a)would you rather dig up fossils in the sahara or in montana? and b) they are pretty rare. ;)

Hi, I am also relatively new here, I joined last November, and as for the Spinosaurus bones, recently found a Spinosaurus jawbone as shown on Planet Dinosaur, available on Netflix if you want it, but other that a couple teeth that is about it. Hope that helps and welcome to the Jurassic World forum.

I'm not new, it'll be about a year since I joined in mid March. You can find out a little bit about me in my 'about me' section in my profile.

Well...........I await the day they find a complete spinosaurus skeleton :P

One other thing that i wonder is why can't they calculate the bite force of spino? Is it because of an incomplete skull or something?

I'm pretty sure they don't have a complete carcharosontosaurus skull either but they found out its bite force?

Well, to be exact we don't know the bite force of any extinct animal for sure, we can make an educated guess, but that's it and if i remember correctly (My memory is incredibly bad) there haven't been any calculations that were nearly as precise on Charcarodontosaurus than on Tyrannosaurus or Albertosaurus, because the jaws of Charcarodontosaurus are so fragmentary, so to clear up your question:  They simply cannot calculate the bite force of Spinosaurus and Charcarodontosaurus as precise as Tyrannosaurus because their jaws are so fragmentary.

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As far as how few Spino fossils we have goes, only a few fragments are currently known. Not only is Spino a rare dinosaur to begin with, but the Sahara is brutal on fossils, making fossils in general rare.

As far as it's bite force goes, based on the fragments we do have and the skulls of other spinosaurs, we know it's bite force was not extremely high. High simply because of it's size, but not T-rex high. I often estimate it at 3,000-5,000 psi.

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welcome! and the reason we don't really have any spino remains.....is probably due to fossilization bias. What was once a swampy land is now a harsh desert, with high force eroding winds. Not much is able to take a few millions years of that

That's always what I've said, with the sand destroying the fossils, but people always said I was biased for thinking only the largest Spino skeleton could handle it.

Unfortunatly people can't see your side of the argument sometimes...but that's probably the most likely scenario. Something buried just inches below the surface is going to be revealed, and bones(or fossils) can't with stand much of that really. Just look at this:

That's solid rock, carved away by wind erosion.

Welcome! Spinosaurs once lived in swampy marshes, but it is now harsh deserts. Over time the spinosaur fossils just eroded away,

Damn shame too, we may never find Spino's true size, and that sucks.

I think we have just enough to see as big as they got in my opinion (55 ft long) but it is a shame that we don't have enough fossil data to see the shape and more info on this awesome dinosaur

Howdy, Nice to see new members intorducing themselves...

Now, Many dig sites are currently snowed under, Like in the badlands of alberta and montana, Many other areaS like in the middle east where spino bones are found are being dug...

Y'see when you go out on a fossil hunt, You the paleontoligist always have what you want in your mind, But you know that theres a VERY slim chance of finding said fossil... Its not like walmart where you can walk in find what you wish and walk out... Fossils are different.

Now, at most musuems like the Royal Tyrell Musuem, They take in fossils from their excavations, Many, And when I say many I mean MANY, Are put into a cast for tansport, And not looked at... Many are put into storage to be worked on at a later time, It could be theroized to be an unknown dino speicies, it's still going to get put into their casts and put into storage for anywhere from a month to several years depending on the staff...

a big influx of new members... i like it!

Our numbers are growing. >:D