Talk:Spinosaurus mirabilis

Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation

SCIENCE Volume 391 Issue 6787 19 February 2026

Cover story in that issue. Illustrations are great. Check it out: https://www-science-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx5486 Great work. Pete Tillman (talk) 16:15, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

In the main spinosaurus article talk page, they are discussing whether to merge this page with the main article. That main page is very long - so long it is difficult to find information. This page should remain separate from the main page. ~2026-11640-89 (talk) 15:30, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Consider leaving your thoughts in the discussion on that page. -SlvrHwk (talk) 00:37, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

As SlvrHwk said, if you have an opinion, leave it on that discussion page. Also as I did specify there, the main reason why I suggested creating a Taxonomy article is more to deal with the excessive Discovery and naming content especially on the specimens that are significantly controversial in terms of which truly represent Spinosaurus & the Classification section that somewhat has more focus outer systematics of Spinosauridae not Spinosaurus proper, rather than just to make that page to contain info for Spinosaurus mirabilis (the latter is up to the participants' consensus to decide, and I don't have a strong opinion on whether I agree or disagree with it). Junsik1223 (talk) 01:57, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Is this species known colloquially as "hell heron"? ~2026-12193-70 (talk) 15:20, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

I've seen several news sites reporting it as such, including Popular Mechanics and Fox News. The Popular Mechanics article cites Paul Sereno himself as using the nickname. Ggoatcheese (talk) 03:28, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I've added a mention of the nickname to the "Discovery and naming" section of the page. An interesting sidenote is that "hell heron" is also the nickname for Ceratosuchops inferodios. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 13:40, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Can we add the circumstances by which this set of remains was found? According to media reports, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno decided to track down this fossil site with the help of a local Tuareg guide on a motorbike who claimed to know places where big fossil bones were visible in the sand. ~2026-12193-70 (talk) 15:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC)