Vallibonavenatrix

Field photograph to come

DV-1084Arcillas de Morella Fm., Spain

Vallibonavenatrix

DV-1084

Lived
126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Spinosauridae
Found in
Spain
Named by
Malafaia et al. 2019

Field notes

About Vallibonavenatrix

Vallibonavenatrix 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 Vallibonavenatrix, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Arcillas de Morella Formation. It was named by Malafaia et al. in 2019.

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: E. Malafaia, J. M. Gasulla, and F. Escaso, i. Narváez, J. L. Sanz, F. Ortega. 2019. A new spinosaurid theropod (Dinosauria: Megalosauroidea) from the late Barremian of Vallibona, Spain: Implications for spinosaurid diversity in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Cretaceous Research