Iberospinus
Field photograph to come
Iberospinus
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- 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
125 million years ago
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