Camarillasaurus cirugedae Camarillasaurus
"Camarillas lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Camarillasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (130–125 Mya)
- Place
- Europe · Spain
- Food
- Piscivore (fish-eater)
Camarillasaurus (meaning “Camarillas lizard”) is an extinct genus of spinosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous period (Barremian) of Camarillas, Teruel Province, in what is now northeastern Spain. Described in 2014, it was originally identified as a ceratosaurian theropod, but later studies suggested affinities to the Spinosauridae. Camarillasaurus is one of several spinosaurid taxa known from the Iberian peninsula, the others being Iberospinus, Protathlitis, Baryonyx, Riojavenatrix, and Vallibonavenatrix.
What we know
- Named by Sánchez-Hernández & Benton, 2014.
- Fossils found in Europe and Spain.