Camarillasaurus
Field photograph to come
Camarillasaurus
DV-0881 · type species Camarillasaurus cirugedae
- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Spinosauridae
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Sánchez-Hernández and Benton 2014
Field notes
About Camarillasaurus
Camarillasaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago. It belongs to the family Spinosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Camarillasaurus, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Camarillas Formation. It was named by Sánchez-Hernández and Benton in 2014.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Spinosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. Sánchez-Hernández and M. J. Benton. 2014. Filling the ceratosaur gap: a new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(3):581-600