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    The document discusses the anatomy and ecological role of Spinosaurus based on fossil evidence. It includes a table to fill in anatomical structures of Spinosaurus and their probable functions. There are also questions about what the fossil evidence indicates about the environment and how Spinosaurus is related to other species.

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    The document discusses the anatomy and ecological role of Spinosaurus based on fossil evidence. It includes a table to fill in anatomical structures of Spinosaurus and their probable functions. There are also questions about what the fossil evidence indicates about the environment and how Spinosaurus is related to other species.

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    The document discusses the anatomy and ecological role of Spinosaurus based on fossil evidence. It includes a table to fill in anatomical structures of Spinosaurus and their probable functions. There are also questions about what the fossil evidence indicates about the environment and how Spinosaurus is related to other species.

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    The document discusses the anatomy and ecological role of Spinosaurus based on fossil evidence. It includes a table to fill in anatomical structures of Spinosaurus and their probable functions. There are also questions about what the fossil evidence indicates about the environment and how Spinosaurus is related to other species.

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    Finding Spinosaurus

    Answer the following questions.

    1. What anatomical evidence provide clues about the ecological role of


    Spinosaurus in environment?
    2. What image come to the mind when you read about the Kem Kem fossil
    beds?
    3. What evidence from the article indicates this area is rich in fossils from
    many species?
    4. Why is it important to understand the functions of Spinosaurus’s anatomical
    characteristics?
    5. How does anatomical fossil evidence help scientists connect lines of
    evidence for evolutionary relationships between species?

    Observations about Structure and Function in


    Spinosaurus
    Complete the table by information about Archaeopteryx using the information
    provided in the article.

    Anatomical Description Probable Function in


    Structure Spinosaurus

    Nostrils

    Openings in
    skull at the end
    of snout

    Jaw and Teeth

    Fore limbs

    Hind limbs

    Bones

    Feet and Claws


    Sail (Dorsal
    Spine)

    Drawing Inferences About Spinosaurus


    1. Why did Ibrahim conclude that the dorsal spines were not used to support a
    hump or to regulate body temperature?
    2. How was Ibrahim able to confirm that Spinosaurus was the largest carnivore
    to ever walk the Earth?

    3.
    a. Based on the evidence in the table, make a claim as to what kind of
    environment Spinosaurus lived in.
    b. Select three most compelling pieces of evidence that support your
    claim.
    c. Explain how evidence support your claim.
    4. The therapod Spinosaurus seems to share several characteristics with other
    aquatic predators, like crocodile. Based on phylogenetic table on page 17,
    describe how closely related they one to another. What modern-day organisms
    are they more closely related to?

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