Vallibonavenatrix
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Vallibonavenatrix
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- 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
125 million years ago
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