14 Fun Facts About Spinosaurus: Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

Spinosaurus was one of the strangest looking dinosaurs to ever be discovered. What was this strange animal with huge bones sticking up from its spine? After many years of studying spinosaurus, here are some things that scientists have discovered.

How tall was the sail on spinosaurus?
Was spinosaurus bigger or smaller than tyrannosaurus rex?
Where are the first spinosaurus fossils ever discovered?
How many spinosaurus skeletons have ever been found?

Learn the answer to these questions and many more fun facts in this 15-Minute Book. Spinosaurus was a strange dinosaur with a huge sail on its back. How much do you know about spinosaurus?

The Educational Version has activities that reinforce Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Sep 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301129195

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

SPINOSAURUS

by Caitlind L. Alexander

A LearningIsland.com

15-Minute Book

We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Title page picture by Spencer Wright

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14 Fun Facts About Spinosaurus / Caitlind L. Alexander

Summary: A brief look at some interesting facts about the dinosaur spinosaurus.

1. Spinosaurus. Juvenile Literature. 2. Dinosaurs. Juvenile Literature. 3. Fossils. Juvenile Literature. 4. Mesozoic Era. Juvenile Literature.

Reading Level: 6.3

Words: 1,653

Ages 8 and up.

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Spinosaurus was one of the strangest looking dinosaurs to ever be discovered. What was this strange animal with huge bones sticking up from its spine? After many years of studying spinosaurus, here are some things that scientists have discovered.

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Fact 1: Spinosaurus had a sail on its back almost six feet (two meters) high!

One of the first things you notice about spinosaurus is its amazing sail. The sail was made of skin that covered a set of bones and it could be