Iberospinus Mateus and Estraviz-López 2022 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae

Full reference: O. Mateus and D. Estraviz-López. 2022. A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: implications for spinosaurid evolution. PLoS One 17(2):e0262614:1-48

Parent taxon: Spinosauridae according to O. Mateus and D. Estraviz-López 2022

Sister taxa: Baryonychinae, Siamosaurus, Sinopliosaurus fusuiensis, Spinosaurinae

Subtaxa: Iberospinus natarioi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Praia das Aguncheiras (Cretaceous of Portugal)

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