Genus
Valid Extinct

Riojavenatrix

Isasmendi et al. 2024

Riojavenatrix is a genus of spinosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Enciso Group of La Rioja, Spain. The type species is Riojavenatrix lacustris. Riojavenatrix represents one of five known spinosaurid taxa from the Iberian Peninsula, the others being Camarillasaurus, Iberospinus, Protathlitis, and Vallibonavenatrix.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Riojavenatrix
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Riojavenatrix: "La Rioja huntress" Early Cretaceous, Europe © TotalDino · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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Riojavenatrix Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Riojavenatrix lacustris 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Isasmendi, E. Cuesta, and I. Díaz-Martínez, J. Company, P. Sáez-Benito, L. I. Viera, A. Torices, 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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. Isasmendi, E. Cuesta, and I. Díaz-Martínez, J. Company, P. Sáez-Benito, L. I. Viera, A. Torices, 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 DOI ↗