Iberospinus

Field photograph to come

DV-1175Papo Seco Fm., Portugal

Iberospinus

DV-1175

Lived
126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Spinosauridae
Found in
Portugal
Named by
Mateus and Estraviz-López 2022

Field notes

About Iberospinus

Iberospinus 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 Iberospinus, from Portugal. Its fossils come from the Papo Seco Formation. It was named by Mateus and Estraviz-López in 2022.

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: O. Mateus and D. Estraviz-López. 2022. A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: implications for spinosaurid evolution. PLoS One 17(2):e0262614:1-48