A search for a long-mythologized fossil hotspot led a team of researchers deep into the Sahara Desert.
What began as a hunt for a lost site in Niger turned into the discovery of a new species of Spinosaurus with a striking, scimitar-shaped crest.
https://theconversation.com/paleontologists-uncover-a-new-spinosaurus-species-by-following-a-clue-from-a-decades-old-book-into-the-sahara-desert-274182
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