Ibrahim teases “an exciting 2023” for Spinosaurus

[Concavenator]

Remember this thread?

Well, quoted from Ibrahim's Twitter:

Is 2023 going to be an exciting year for Spinosaurus?
Yes. Stay tuned.

Here's the original tweet.

Here we go again.

[suspsy]

If it's actually more fossil material, I'll be excited. If it's just Ibrahim's rebuttal to Sereno and Henderson's paper, then it'll just be the same old seesaw routine.

[MLMjp]

Next year:
Is 2024 going to be an exciting year for Spinosaurus?
Yes. Stay tuned. For real.
And next one:
Is 2025 going to be an exciting year for Spinosaurus?
Yes. Stay tuned. For real, for real.

And they don't stop coming, and they don't stop coming, and they don't stop coming, and they don't stop coming...

Please let it be something truly significant otherwise it is starting to feel like a show already.

[Pliosaurking]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if it could fly and breath fire...

Seriously though I wonder what it will be, something new or proving someone's else's theory is wrong... watch now it will be a swimmer  again...
And Also This is coming from someone who loves Spinosaurus.

[EmperorDinobot]

If there's an "exciting Spinosaurus" then there must be a "boring Spinosaurus", correct? If so, I am all for more information about the "boring Spinosaurus".

[SpartanSquat]

Spinosaurus news are like a generation of consoles, every new paper changes the creature. In the end the creature probably will look like the kaiju titanosaurus

[Prehistory Resurrection]

Video about the latest developments about Spinosaurus. Video credit: E.D.G.E Youtube Channel.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Let me know when we have a "mostly" full skeleton..

[Concavenator]

Let me know when we have a "mostly" full skeleton..

Literally me at the moment.

[andrewsaurus rex]

So, Spinosaurus was a large, bipedal, mostly terrestrial or at best wading animal, but with short rear legs.  Not a very efficient way to get around on land or wade for such a big dude.  And the big fin like tail was for display......the huge sail on its back wasn't enough of a display feature?

More research is needed...

[Lynx]

So, Spinosaurus was a large, bipedal, mostly terrestrial or at best wading animal, but with short rear legs.  Not a very efficient way to get around on land or wade for such a big dude.  And the big fin like tail was for display......the huge sail on its back wasn't enough of a display feature?

More research is needed...

Well, the truth is, we kind of don't know. Was it mostly terrestrial? Was it actually bipedal constantly? Did it wade? Nothing is certain at all, try as we might but until more material is found nothing is to be certain.

[andrewsaurus rex]

I realize, but Sereno's assertion is that Spinosaurus was bipedal, because in 2014 he says he miscalculated the effect of Spinosaurus' lung volume on its center of gravity and that now it is further back, demonstrating that Spinosaurus was bipedal.   I'm skeptical of that claim.....but who am I?