A Spinosaurus fishing for Coelacanth
In-game Information
Spinosaurus, The biggest predator to walk the blocky world. This ferocious predator is solitary, but can occasionally be found in pairs. If a 3rd spinosaurus stumbles upon the pair, it will be swiftly killed. Spinosaurus has 80 health and has an attack damage of 20 health points or 10 hearts. "Spinos" will eat any Jurassicraft or vanilla mob and can feed from feeders. However, a Spinosaurus may have trouble hunting a Tyrannosaurus as they have equal health and damage so the Tyrannosaurus may kill the Spinosaurus or vice versa. When thirsty, Spinosaurus can drink from water blocks, flowing and source blocks. In a pair of a male or female, Spinos may breed, producing a clutch of 2-4 eggs. Spinosaurus is not imprintable (tameable) due to its aggressive lifestyle and lack of parental bonding. Currently, in 2.2.0, Spinosaurus does not swim or fish in any unique way, it swims just like any other mob would.
Real-World Information
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa during the Cenomanian to upper Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous period, about 99 to 93.5 million years ago. This genus was known first from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. The original remains were destroyed in World War II, but additional material has come to light in the early 21st century. It is unclear whether one or two species are represented in the fossils reported in the scientific literature. The best known species is S. aegyptiacus from Egypt, although a potential second species, S. maroccanus, has been recovered from Morocco. The contemporary spinosaurid genus Sigilmassasaurus has also been synonymized by some authors with S. aegyptiacus, though other researchers propose it to be a distinct taxon. Another possible junior synonym is Oxalaia from the Alcântara Formation in Brazil.
JP Information
A spinosaurus grabbing a drink.
"Spinosaurus aegyptiacus."
"I don't remember that on InGen's list."