Riojavenatrix
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Riojavenatrix
DV-1253 · type species Riojavenatrix lacustris
- Lived
- 121 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Spinosauridae
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Isasmendi et al. 2024
Field notes
About Riojavenatrix
Riojavenatrix was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Spinosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Riojavenatrix, from Spain. It was named by Isasmendi et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
120 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Spinosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. Isasmendi, E. Cuesta, and I. Díaz-Martínez, J. Company, P. Sáez-Benito, L. I. Viera, A. Torices, X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2024. Increasing the theropod record of Europe: a new basal spinosaurid from the Enciso Group of the Cameros Basin (La Rioja, Spain). Evolutionary implications and palaeobiodiversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(3):1–34