Nizar Ibrahim

Nizar Ibrahim (born 8 September 1982) is a German-Moroccan vertebrate paleontologist and comparative anatomist.

[3][4][5] In recent years, research led by Ibrahim radically changed ideas about the morphology and life habits of one of the largest predatory dinosaurs, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.

[12] He has German and Moroccan ancestry, with his grandfather being the third Prime Minister of Morocco, Abdallah Ibrahim.

[15] In Morocco, he works with a number of Moroccan researchers and students based at Hassan II University.

[13] Ibrahim was one of 21 people selected as a TED fellow in 2015, which makes him the "first paleontologist in the history of the program".

S. aegyptiacus skeletal reconstruction in swimming posture (prior to the discovery of the tail fin)