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In a surprise find, palaeontologists have discovered the world's first known swimming dinosaur.

Palaeontologists have discovered the world's first swimming dinosaur in Morocco
IANS
Sep 13, 2014 at 09:57am IST

New York: In a surprise find, palaeontologists have discovered the world's first known swimming dinosaur - a 15-metre-long behemoth with a crocodile-like face.

The creature called Spinosaurus aegyptiacus had feet well suited to paddling and a sail-like structure rising from its spine.

It also had unusually dense bones, possibly to help weigh it down as it hunted its underwater prey.

"It is the first dinosaur that shows these really incredible adaptations. There is no doubt in my mind that Spinosaurus would have done most of its hunting in the water," claimed team leader Nizar Ibrahim from University of Chicago in Illinois.