… The downturned rosette existing in spinosaurids but not … Our detailing of the spinosaurid
feeding apparatus does not … This calls into question the idea that they were crocodile “…

… Spinosaurus and the other spinosaurids plots with the field of non-spinosaurid theropods, …
may have adopted a gharial-like mode of feeding by slashing the head laterally through the …

… Studying the aquatic feeding mechanics and cranial sensory … elongate snout of the spinosaurid
dinosaur Baryonyx indicated … extant theropod dinosaurs–and accordingly, represent the …

… Morphological similarities to crocodilians, including tooth shape and an elongated rostrum,
indicate a piscivorous diet, … Spinosaurid ecology and feeding habits have been debated, but …

… isotopes suggest that other spinosaurids that are closely … newt, a crocodile and two terrestrial
theropods. When calculating … crest during ‘pivot’ feeding, where rapid dorsoventral head …

… This corroborates the functional adaptions observed in extant herbivores, which may also …
with an undulating occlusal margin resembling those of the carnivorous spinosaurid theropods …

… palate of extant mammals and crocodilians separates … as spinosaurid theropods 59 and
ankylosaurs 17 . Biomechanical modelling of this structure in spinosaurs supports its mechanical …

… that extant crocodylians rely on extra muscle mass to produce high bite force with inefficient
… key features of the feeding apparatus that mitigate mechanical inefficiencies imposed by a …

… to those of crocodilians and they are specialized in feeding on … Spinosaurid theropods
have been long recognized as … cranial strength and feeding mechanics. Acta Palaeontologica …

… of the skull, its mechanical performance during feeding (eg, … vertebrate head, alligators and
crocodiles have readily captured … Twenty-four extant species [ie, operational taxonomic units (…