Dinosaur

Spino­saurus

The one with the sail on its back, who went fishing.

Say it: SPINE-oh-SORE-us

Name means
Spine lizard
What it was
A big meat-eating dinosaur that loved fish
Size
About 14 metres long and about 7.4 tonnes
Ate
Mostly fish
Lived
Late Cretaceous, about 99 to 94 million years ago
Fossils found
Egypt and Morocco
Spinosaurus as drawn in Dinolets

Facts for little ones

  • It had a tall sail on its back, about 1.5 metres high.
  • Its jaws were shaped for catching fish, and it lived in and around water.
  • It was longer than any other meat-eating dinosaur we know of, even T. rex.

Spinosaurus in Dinolets

Spinosaurus is egg number 7 of 12. In the game it's red, and its special feature is the one the voice calls out: "A big sail!" The voice says its name as "SPY-no-SORE-us".

In Feed it eats fish, and from level 2 your child is asked to pick the right food for it. Once it has hatched, it joins in the other games too.

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