Riojavenatrix Isasmendi et al. 2024 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae

Full reference: E. Isasmendi, E. Cuesta, I. Díaz-Martínez, J. Company, P. Sáez-Benito, L. I. Viera, A. Torices and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2024. Increasing the theropod record of Europe: a new basal spinosaurid from the Enciso Group of the Cameros Basin (La Rioja, Spain). Evolutionary implications and palaeobiodiversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(3):1–34

Parent taxon: Baryonychinae according to E. Isasmendi et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Baryonyx, Ceratosuchopsini, Cristatusaurus, Protathlitis, Suchosaurus, Vallibonavenatrix

Subtaxa: Riojavenatrix lacustris

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Type: Riojavenatrix lacustris

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Virgen del Villar-1, Igea (Cretaceous of Spain)

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