Paralititan stromeri Quetzalcoatlus Starting with a primer and

Starting with a primer and base coat of paint

Its skin was covered in osteoderms

and small protuberances believed to be related to visual display or structural reinforcement

Width 117 mm

and it has since become key to understanding the early evolution of spinosaurids

Paralititan stromeri Quetzalcoatlus Starting with a primer andParalititan stromeri was a sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Middle Cretaceous period, approximately 98 million years ago , in what is now North Africa. It was discovered in 2000 in the Bahariya Formation, in Egypt, and its name means "Titan of the Tide" , in reference to its probable coastal habitat and its enormous size. Its description was made in honor of the German paleontologist Ernst Stromer, who at the beginning of the 20th century