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Vallibonavenatrix

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Vallibonavenatrix
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Barremian
129.4–125 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Spinosauridae
Genus: Vallibonavenatrix
Malafaia et al., 2019
Type species
Vallibonavenatrix cani
Malafaia et al., 2019

Vallibonavenatrix (meaning "Vallibona huntress" after the town near where its remains were found) is a genus of spinosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Arcillas de Morella Formation from Castellón in Spain. The type and only species is Vallibonavenatrix cani.[1]

References

  1. ^ Elisabete Malafaia; José Miguel Gasulla; Fernando Escaso; Iván Narváez; José Luis Sanz; Francisco 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. in press: 104221. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104221.