# How we unearthed the Spinosaurus

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDYouth 2014
- Speaker: Nizar Ibrahim
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nizar_ibrahim_how_we_unearthed_the_spinosaurus)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

A 50-foot-long carnivore who hunted its prey in rivers 97 million years ago, the Spinosaurus is a "dragon from deep time." Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim and his crew found new fossils, hidden in cliffs of the Moroccan Sahara desert, that are helping us learn more about the first swimming dinosaur -- who might also be the largest carnivorous dinosaur of all.

## Lectures

1. [How we unearthed the Spinosaurus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nizar_ibrahim_how_we_unearthed_the_spinosaurus/419144305dbc), 6 min (TED's player)