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Spinosauridae

Angaturama a-nga-tu-RA-ma

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Angaturama 11 m (36 ft) long
as long as 7 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Angaturama
Length
11 m (36 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (119.6–113.2 Mya)
Food
Piscivore (fish-eater)
Clade
Spinosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Crocodile-snouted fish-eaters with sail or hump.

Angaturama is a spinosauridae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Kellner and Campos 1996.