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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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