Protathlitis cinctorrensis Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Spinosauridae

Full reference: A. Santos-Cubedo, C. de Santisteban, B. Poza and S. Meseguer. 2023. A new spinosaurid dinosaur species from the Early Cretaceous of Cinctorres (Spain). Scientific Reports 13:6471:1-13

Belongs to Protathlitis according to A. Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: fragment of a right maxilla (8ANA-109) and five caudal vertebrae (3ANA83, 4ANA43, 4ANA69, 4ANA76, 5ANA78) (Fragment of a right maxilla and five caudal vertebrae). Its type locality is ANA quarry, Cinctorres, which is in a Barremian delta plain mudstone in the Arcillas de Morella Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at ANA quarry, Cinctorres

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