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Camarillasaurus cirugedae

"Camarillas lizard"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Camarillasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Camarillasaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (130–125 Mya)
Place
Europe · Spain
Food
Piscivore (fish-eater)
Clade
Spinosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Crocodile-snouted fish-eaters with sail or hump.

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.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Camarillasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.