Camarillasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0881Camarillas Fm., Spain

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

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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