‘Hell heron’: The first new Spinosaurus species identified in over a century

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — A fossilized skull and jawbones found in Niger belonged to a creature that had a large, bony crest atop its head and lived some 95 million years ago. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis, it is the first species of Spinosaurus to be identified in more than a century. The findings, which