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Vallibonavenatrix

"Vallibona huntress"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Vallibonavenatrix 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 Vallibonavenatrix
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (129.4–125 Mya)
Place
Spain
Food
Piscivore (fish-eater)
Clade
Spinosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Crocodile-snouted fish-eaters with sail or hump.

Vallibonavenatrix (meaning “Vallibona huntress” after the town near where its remains were found) is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Arcillas de Morella Formation of Castellón, Spain. The type and only species is Vallibonavenatrix cani, known from a partial skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Malafaia et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in Spain.

What we guess

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