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Spinosauridae

Riparovenator milnerae

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Riparovenator 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 Riparovenator
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Piscivore (fish-eater)
Clade
Spinosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Crocodile-snouted fish-eaters with sail or hump.

Riparovenator (“riverbank hunter”) is a genus of baryonychine spinosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) period of Britain. The genus contains a single species, Riparovenator milnerae.

What we know

  • Named by Barker et al., 2021.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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