Vallibonavenatrix

Vallibonavenatrix
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Barremian
129.4–125 Ma
Life restoration based on the animal's fossil remains and those of close relatives
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 dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Arcillas de Morella Formation of Castellón, Spain. The type and only species is Vallibonavenatrix cani, known from a partial skeleton.[1]

  1. ^ Malafaia, E.; Miguel Gasulla, J.; Escaso, F.; Narváez, I.; Luis Sanz, J.; Ortega, F. (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. 106: 104221. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104221. S2CID 202189246.