Board Thread:Fossil Fuels/@comment-107.77.90.53-20171015172948

Note: I WILL NOT talk about how my version of Spinosaurus would fight against T.Rex; I will only explain my opinion, to which I am entitled to, with the facts, and any claim in support or against of my claim MUST be constructive.

So, I have been thinking about this to myself for quite a while, of the fact of me thinking in my own opinion of what Spinosaurus really is. Some of you may not believe me because of the evidence of today. However, today, instead of ranting about how cool T.Rex is over Spinosaurus, I decided to kill my boredom to at least post something (maybe) scientifically productive on this wikia; The Fact that Spinosaurus may be a Crocodylomorph, like Sarcosuchus, Purrusaurus, and Deinosuchus, rather than a Dinosaur, like Tyrannosaurus Rex, Baryonyx, and Suchomimus. Let's begin.

1. Spinosaurus has much shorter legs than Baryonyx and Suchomimus, and were used swimming

Notice how the 2013-2015 Discoveries show that Spinosaurus is a semi-aquatic dinosaur with duck-like feet used for swimming? That scientific discovery grabbed my curiosity on this dinosaur, because it made me wonder if Baryonyx or Suchomimus had the ability to swim too (or at least all Spinosaurs), did they? Crocodiles and Alligators not only can swim with ease with webbed feet, but they can also walk on land as good (although an alligator's legs are much better with walking). And don't worry, if you don't believe me, then what if I were to remind you that Crocodylomorphia is the sister relative to Dinosauria?

2. Number of differences between Spinosaurus and other Spinosaurs

Notice how the two famous Spinosaurs, Baryonyx and Suchomimus, stuck around rivers and ate a lot of fish (although both of them may have eaten dinosaurs too), and they lived this style by possessing a large claw on one of their fingers, primarily used for slashing (like how Deinonychus, Velociraptor, and Troodon used their claws on their toes for slashing). However, seeing from Claim #1 how Spinosaurus had short legs, it is unlikely that Spinosaurus could use its hand claw to slash (if it had one), unlike Baryonyx or Suchomimus, which stood on two tall legs and could slash with ease because of balance. Also, the Spinosaurus snout, I have watched from a BBC video, had an unusual amount of pores, about 10,000-20,000 which might have helped it detect underwater prey (like Onchopristis), exactly averagely like an alligator's or crocodile's. Did Baryonyx or Suchomimus have that unusual amount of pores?

3. Did Spinosaurus have feathers/protofeathers?

Ahh yes, the heated debate of dinosaurs having feathers. Let me share my opinion... This is my opinion.

Tyrannosaurs, like T.Rex, had feathers.

Dromaeosaurs and Troodontids obviously had feathers, and everyone knows that.

Ornithomimosaurs, Alvarezsaurs, and Therizinosaurs obviously had feathers.

Hadrosaurs, like Parasaurolophus and Corythosaurus, probably were related to, if not, ancestors of ducks, and had feathers.

Ornithopods, like Iguanodon and Edmontosaurus, had feathers. Same thing as Hadrosaurs.

At least some Spinosaurs, like Baryonyx or Suchomimus, had feathers or protofeathers.

The easiest way of even explaining of dinosaurs had feathers is seeing their location, and trying to find a silhouette of feathers covering their bodies. Did Spinosaurus have these feathers. Well, looking at the fossil, like looking at Archaeopteryx, I didn't see any feathers on Spinosaurus.

4. Did Spinosaurus really have a hump?

There is this debate about Spinosaurus's sail being really a hump. Now, to counter that argument, I took a look at the hump of Deinocheirus (that was the only dinosaur I knew that had a hump other than Ouranosaurus), and compared it with Spinosaurus's sail. Comparing the two dinosaurs (or creatures), Deinocheirus's hump is really short, reaching up to 2-3 feet (in some cases they could reach up to 4-5 feet), whereas Spinosaurus had a sail height of 10-15 feet (about 15-20 feet in some cases too). If a spinal protrusion is short, then it tells me that it's really a hump. However, if a spinal protrusion is THAT long and tall, then it really is a sail. Besides, Deinocheirus is related to birds (thus it being placed as an ornithomimosaur), where Spinosaurus is placed as a spinosaur, where the class is debated to have feathers or scales. Seeing from Claim #3, where Spinosaurus had no hints of feathers, it makes me believe to support my claim that Spinosaurus had scales.

5. Spinosaurus might have descended nifty from Synapsids, Crocodylomorph, or Archosaurs which we may have not discovered yet (Warning: Speculation)

I understand that this is the least reliable point of my claim, but here's what I can think of: Archosaurs are the ancestors of both birds and crocodylomorph, right? Synapsids with spines, like Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus, might have been ancestors of spined dinosaurs or crocodiles, but please tell me the question; are Synapsids related to birds in any way? Anyways, as we all know, there have been countless organisms that have existed on this planet for millions of years, some of which we never knew existed that is unearthed, and every four weeks, a new extinct organism is discovered, with many discoveries along the way. And it's not like how it took 50 years to reveal what Deinocheirus looks like from its arms, or how it controversially took 50 years for Pegomastax to be given its name, but here's this; what if it will take about 5 years or less for Spinosaurus to be revealed as a Crocodylomorph?

Now we have reached the end of my claim. I hope you enjoyed the presentation, and I would really want to remind you that if you have any statements or questions regarding my claim, then feel free to tell me in the comment section below. Please do not rant about the T.Rex v.s. Spinosaurus debate on this thread, for it only explains if Spinosaurus really is a Crocodylomorph.

Have a nice day! 