New Spinosaurus Paper

[suspsy]

 In a nutshell, the authors conclude that the best supported lifestyle is still that of a semi-aquatic fish eater like a heron as opposed to an active pursuer of fish like an otter or a seal. 

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0298957&fbclid=IwAR190Trvbs2zY0qMy7XU7mtcCz-IaaNPLH9SQWHt3WAhoVdmSUIyFtE_hD8_aem_AXPO3xxgWS2nD5RTTb0YA5bCqkZke4M4eUwD1-AVujjHULZ3N3SXYkc3KKXj1aL-D4E

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

At least the shape didn't change..this time.

[crazy8wizard]

In the words of Marty McFly:

[stargatedalek]

Gotta love how the people making these always forget marine birds exist. It's always "Spinosaurus must have been a wader because it wasn't an open water pursuit predator!". Like, there are plenty of open water surface hunting birds that make great potential behavioural analogues and fit very well with what we know of its definitively swimming oriented anatomy and buoyancy, all completely ignored. These papers have selective memory issues when it comes to cormorants, auks, gannets, pelicans, marine ducks, anhingas...

[GojiraGuy1954]

I still subscribe to the idea that it was a surface-swimming ambush predator. Too buoyant to reasonably be diving, but has legs far too short to be its primary method of locomotion.

[andrewsaurus rex]

the  idea of it being a short legged wader still doesn't make sense to me.  For a wading animal of any size, long legs will always be an evolutionary advantage.

I've long believed that it paddled around on the surface of the water, making short quick dives when opportunities presented themselves.