Spinosaurus Vs Tyrannosaurus

It’s been touted as one of the great battles of history. The epic fights that must have occurred between the giant meat-eaters, Spinosaurus and T-Rex. Who would have won is a question scientists have been asking for decades.

But what if they didn’t actually fight? A recent French study suggests these two deadly dinosaurs may have lived quite separate lives that kept them apart from each other.

Evidence from the study shows Spinosaurs could have actually spent a lot of their time in the water, thus avoiding clashes with Tyrannosaurs which lived on the land.

Earlier fossilized skeletons of Spinosaurs showed they had long snouts like crocodiles and that they ate fish.

But this new study also shows that the Spinosaurs teeth were smooth and cone-shaped like a crocodiles too. It also studied the amount of oxygen in their teeth because animals that live in water have different proportions of oxygen than those that live on land. The researchers found the oxygen in the Spinosaurs teeth resembles crocodiles and turtles more than land animals like Tyrannosaurs.

So the Spinosaurus probably spent part of their days in lakes and rivers feeding on fish leaving the terrible T-Rex to roam the land feasting on other dinosaurs to its heart content.