Riojavenatrix lacustris Riojavenatrix
"La Rioja huntress"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Riojavenatrix 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- Europe · Spain
- Food
- Piscivore (fish-eater)
Riojavenatrix (meaning “La Rioja huntress”) is a genus of spinosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Enciso Group of La Rioja, Spain. The type species is Riojavenatrix lacustris. Riojavenatrix represents one of five known spinosaurid taxa from the Iberian Peninsula, the others being Camarillasaurus, Iberospinus, Protathlitis, and Vallibonavenatrix.
What we know
- Named by Isasmendi et al., 2024.
- Fossils found in Europe and Spain.