Spinophorosaurus-LBT Force

Spinophorosaurus is one of the many dinosaurs in LBT Force, and some of the local dinosaur citizens.

Bio
Name: Spinophorosaurus ‭(‬Spine bearing lizard‭)‬. Phonetic: Spy-noe-for-o-sore-us. Named By: K.‭ ‬Remes,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega,‭ ‬I.‭ ‬Fierro,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬Joger,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Kosma‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬N.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Ferrer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009. Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda. Species: S.‭ ‬nigerensis‭ (‬type‭)‬. Diet: Herbivore. Size: About‭ ‬13‭ ‬meters long. Known locations: Niger,‭ ‬Agadez‭ ‬-‭ ‬Irhazer Group. Time period: Middle Jurassic,‭ ‬possibly up to Oxfordian of the late Jurassic.‭ Fossil representation: Two almost complete individuals.

Aside from being one of the best-preserved Jurassic era sauropods from Africa,‭ ‬the features that really made people sit up and pay attention to Spinophorosaurus are the spiked osteoderms.‭ ‬Only a few of these were found,‭ ‬but the researchers involved with piecing Spinophorosaurus back together have come to the conclusion that these spikes most probably formed a thagomizer-like arrangement upon the end of the tail,‭ ‬similar to the thagomizers of some stegosaurid dinosaurs such as Stegosaurus and Tuojiangosaurus.‭ ‬Since the spikes of Spinophorosaurus were modified osteoderms,‭ ‬they did not attach directly to the skeleton‭ ‬but instead were held in place by the skin and underlying soft tissues.