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Spinosaurids in general seem to have had lengthy necks (at least, relative to other large theropods). We don't have much neck material for Spinosaurus but the (lost) holotype shows us the size of a cervical vertebra relative to those of the body. A long neck seems probable.
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Friday afternoon, the southern United States, 66 million years ago. Either someone just started the biggest lightshow in the history of the planet down Mexico way, or something really bad just happened. #FossilFriday#paleoart#dinosaurs#sciart#tyrannosaurus#naturalhistory#cretaceous
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I did think of this when painting the above, but didn't look at it specifically so I wouldn't copy it. Seeing it again, it's not exactly as I remember it! Age of Reptiles has long been an influence on my work - I once wrote about why I think it's so great: markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2018/06/rica...
With the 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park cascading through dinosaur social media you could be forgiven for overlooking another influential...
Could be scanned/constructed from a museum display? This skull has been in several exhibits.