Riparovenator milnerae Barker et al. 2021 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Spinosauridae

Full reference: C. T. Barker, D. W. E. Hone, D. Naish, A. Cau, J. A. F. Lockwood, B. Foster, C. E. Clarkin, P. Schneider, and N. J. Gostling. 2021. New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae. Scientific Reports 11:19340:1-16

Belongs to Riparovenator according to C. T. Barker et al. 2021

See also Barker et al. 2023 and Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IWCMS 2014.95.6, IWCMS 2014.96.1, 2; 2020.448.1, 2, IWCMS 2014.96.3, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is east of Chilton Chine, which is in a Barremian fluvial sandstone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at east of Chilton Chine

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