The Brief: The discovery of tailbone fossils of the aquatic dinosaur Spinosaurus has enhanced paleontologist's knowledge of the prehistoric dinosaur and has now turned into internet memes.
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In Casablanca, Morocco there has been a revolutionary discovery in terms of prehistoric dinosaurs and how the Spinosaurus aegyptiacus has shattered preconceived scientific notions of how the dinosaur lived on Earth. The Spinosaurus was thought to be similar to a Tyrannosaurus rex but has now been proven to be an aquatic dinosaur, the largest in it’s kind.
A newfound fossil tail is changing what we know about Spinosaurus—and stretching our understanding of how and where dinosaurs lived. For more iconic storytelling like this, subscribe to National Geographic: https://t.co/wUHbBSAkyF pic.twitter.com/KsoHk0qBJe
— National Geographic (@NatGeo) April 29, 2020
The paleontological breakthrough has led to new information that has reshaped scientists’ views on this specific species of prehistoric carnivores. The memes that have developed as a reaction to this evolutionary event in time are probably more exciting to younger generations than the actual scientific discovery.
Spinosaurus Memes on Twitter
Twitter, the open forum that is known for turning extraordinary breaking news into somewhat hilarious internet jokes, has gotten hold of the Spinosaurus’s glory and changed it to an onslaught of memes.
The animal crossing spinosaurus skeleton is already inaccurate and I find that really funny pic.twitter.com/nq1ZkTM1MI
— Ryan Frields 🦖 (@Reikkusu) April 29, 2020
#spinosaurus
TAIL FLUKE TAIL FLUKE TAIL FLUKE pic.twitter.com/kWTBLiepbg— Erin Kelley (@crankycorvidae) April 29, 2020
Everyone: "Comments on new studies of Spinosaurus"
Meanwhile, Spinosaurus: pic.twitter.com/XlKjC1Kxrz
— Eloy Manzanero (@EloyManzanero) April 29, 2020
posting this old drawing on account of spinosaurus having a paddle tail, good thing I didn't draw its tail here haha pic.twitter.com/8eTI6kQpxg
— Naf (@y_naf) April 29, 2020
Blathers when he checks the #spinosaurus tag and has to rearrange his fossil in the museum #acnh pic.twitter.com/9kfcptdQDD
— ⚜️Mirre⚜️ (@Foervraengd) April 29, 2020
Me waking up and reading all the Spinosaurus news: pic.twitter.com/GrdqRuAGWR
— Trey the Explainer (@Trey_Explainer) April 29, 2020
Oh boy! I can’t wait for a decade worth of people fighting over if the new Spinosaurus reconstruction is cool or not. pic.twitter.com/HGxzifdJEE
— Trey the Explainer (@Trey_Explainer) April 29, 2020
Marine mammalogists be like: *sad*#Spinosaurus #whales #dolphins #dammdude pic.twitter.com/6pIZpyi8m6
— Aldo Benites (@aldombp) April 29, 2020
2020 #Spinosaurus in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/iVzY3DDATY
— TroodonVet (@troodonvet) April 29, 2020
Anyways Toho predicted Spinosaurus in 1975 pic.twitter.com/zjnBRhKhg2
— Gojiratheking106 (@Goji_Saurus) April 29, 2020
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus when it wants to travel via water: pic.twitter.com/MamOerCXLT
— Fionn Keeley (@palaeofionn) April 29, 2020