Unlocked by retrieving the fossil from one of the following dig sites:
Dig Sites
Fossil Quality
Fossil Quantity
Locations
Duration
Cost
Tegama Beds
1
3
Africa | Niger | Tenere Desert
02:00
$105,000
2
10
3
7
Incubation
Duration
05:24 - 06:00
Cost
1,228,000
Disease
Immune
Bracken Poisoning
Susceptible
Rabies
Description
Suchomimus was a spinosaurid dinosaur found in Africa. Its name means 'crocodile mimic' because of its crocodile-like snout. This snout would have been better suited for hunting fish than the usual theropod skulls like Tyrannosaurus. Only a single species is known for this genus, and unlike Spinosaurus it lacked the large sail on its back.
Discovery
Suchomimus fossils were first in recovered in 1997 from Gadoufaoua in Niger. Other partial skeletons and fragments have been found in the wider Erlhaz Formation since then.
Paleoecology
In the Early Cretaceous epoch, the Sahara Desert was very different to what it is today. Back then it was a lush, swampy environment.
Cohabitation Preferences