#  MCZ Faculty-Curators create robotically controlled models to test mobility of a recently-discovered dinosaur tail 

 





April 30, 2020

 

 

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 MCZ Faculty-Curators [George Lauder](/people/george-v-lauder) (Ichthyology) and [Stephanie Pierce](/people/stephanie-e-pierce) (Vertebrate Paleontology) were part of a recent project to determine the aquatic functionality of a dinosaur tail recently discovered and believed to belong to a Spinosaurus. The research is featured in the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/29/world/africa/29reuters-science-spinosaurus.html?smid=tw-share), [Harvard Gazette](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/new-paper-suggests-spinosaurus-may-have-been-aquatic/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020200430%20(1)) and published in [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2190-3).



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Ichthyology ](/news/ichthyology)
- [ Vertebrate Paleontology ](/news/vertebrate-paleontology)