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The ferocious predatory dinosaurs of Cretaceous Sahara - Nizar Ibrahim

TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

English - December 14, 2018 13:00 - ★★★★ - 618 ratings
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In Cretaceous times (around 100 million years ago), North Africa was home to a huge river system and a bizarre menagerie of giant prehistoric predators -- including the Spinosaurus, a dinosaur even more fearsome than the Tyrannosaurus rex. Nizar Ibrahim uses paleontological and geological data to reconstruct this “River of Giants” in surprising detail.