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Suchomimus was discovered in 1997
in the heart of the Sahara desert of Niger. It
was named for is bizarre, narrow, 4-foot long
skull, which ends in a cage of long, curved teeth,
suggesting that, like crocodiles, this dinosaur
ate fish. Suchomimus had powerful forelimbs and
foot-long thumb claws. Suchomimus was the largest
and most common predator of its day in Africa.
Suchomimus belongs to the Spinosaur family of
dinosaurs. Its closest relative is Baryonx, a
spinosaur dinosaur discovered in England.
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