Riparovenator
Field photograph to come
Riparovenator
DV-1155 · type species Riparovenator milnerae
- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Spinosauridae
- Found in
- United Kingdom
- Named by
- Barker et al. 2021
Field notes
About Riparovenator
Riparovenator 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 Riparovenator, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Wessex Formation. It was named by Barker et al. in 2021.
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: C. T. Barker, D. W. E. Hone, and D. Naish, A. Cau, J. A. F. Lockwood, B. Foster, C. E. Clarkin, P. Schneider, N. J. Gostling. 2021. New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae. Scientific Reports 11:19340:1-16