Vallibonavenatrix
Name:
Vallibonavenatrix
(Vallibona huntress).
Phonetic: Val-le-boh-nah-ven-ah-triks.
Named By: E. Malafaia, J. M. Gasulla, F.
Escaso Narv�ez, J. L. Sanz & F. Ortega - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Spinosauridae, Spinosaurinae.
Species: V. cani (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Roughly estimated at about 8 meters long.
Known locations: Spain - Arcillas de Morella
Formation.
Time period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton
including vertebrae, ribs, pubis and ischium
Vallibonavenatrix
is a genus of spinosaurid
dinosaur that lived in Spain during the early
Cretaceous. As a spinosaurid, Vallibonavenatrix
is expected to have
been a predatory dinosaur, primarily hunting for aquatic creatures in
the water systems of the time.
Further reading
- 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. - E. Malafaia, J. M.
Gasulla, F. Escaso Narv�ez, J. L. Sanz & F.
Ortega - 2019.
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