Vallibonavenatrix Malafaia et al. 2019 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae

Full reference: E. Malafaia, J. M. Gasulla, F. Escaso Narváez, J. L. Sanz, and F. Ortega. 2019. A new spinosaurid theropod (Dinosauria: Megalosauroidea) from the late Barremian of Vallibona, Spain: Implications for spinosaurid diversity in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Cretaceous Research

Parent taxon: Baryonychinae according to C. T. Barker et al. 2021

See also Malafaia et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Baryonyx, Ceratosuchopsini, Cristatusaurus, Protathlitis, Suchosaurus

Subtaxa: Vallibonavenatrix cani

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Agueda, Vallibona (Cretaceous of Spain)

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