Hi All,
< If one carefully reads Ernst Stromer's original German papers, it is clear there is more than one individual being described (as the specimens are lost, speculations re: another genus are akin to giving taxonomic status to individual snowflakes), and the elongate neural spines have no centra. Thus, to say the original type consisted of dorsal spines cannot be proven. In fact, both Spinosaurus and Spinosaurus B, as Mr Stromer presented them, appear to be a disrticulated hodge-podge of elements.>
I know HP Tracey Ford disagrees with me but... I still believe that the Spinosaur sail is actually the sail of an old Oranosaurus. The sails are just too similar to me, and until a Spinosaur skull with back and sail elements are found I'm not a believer. Suchomimus and Baryonyx have elongated nueral spines but they seem to be over the hips. I think a Spinosaur with a large sail over the back and long arms and skull would be a little too front heavy.
Of course this is just my opinion, but I feel that the 'sail' should be questioned.
Best,
Brett Booth
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