Vallibonavenatrix cani Malafaia et al. 2019 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - 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

Belongs to Vallibonavenatrix according to E. Malafaia et al. 2019

See also Malafaia et al. 2020, Mateus and Estraviz-López 2022, McFeeters 2021 and Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Santa Agueda, Vallibona, which is in a Barremian deltaic claystone in the Arcillas de Morella Formation of Spain

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Agueda, Vallibona

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