Genus
Valid Extinct

Riparovenator

Barker et al. 2021

Riparovenator is a genus of baryonychine spinosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) period of Britain. The genus contains a single species, Riparovenator milnerae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Riparovenator
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Riparovenator milnerae holotype skull © Dan Folkes · CC0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Megalosauroidea Superfamily
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Spinosauridae Family
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Baryonychinae Subfamily
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Ceratosuchopsini Unranked clade
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Riparovenator Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Wessex
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Riparovenator milnerae 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C. T. Barker, D. W. E. Hone, and D. Naish, A. Cau, J. A. F. Lockwood, B. Foster, C. E. Clarkin, P. Schneider, 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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. T. Barker, D. W. E. Hone, and D. Naish, A. Cau, J. A. F. Lockwood, B. Foster, C. E. Clarkin, P. Schneider, 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 DOI ↗