Camarillasaurus
Camarillasaurus (meaning "Camarillas lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Barremian) of Camarillas, Teruel Province, in what is now northeastern Spain. Described in 2014, it was originally identified as a ceratosaurian theropod, but later studies suggested affinities to the Spinosauridae. If it does represent a spinosaur, Camarillasaurus would be one of 4 spinosaurid taxa known from the Iberian peninsula, the others being Vallibonavenatrix, Protathlitis and Iberospinus.
| Camarillasaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Holotype vertebra and rib fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Averostra |
| Genus: | †Camarillasaurus Sánchez-Hernández & Benton, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Camarillasaurus cirugedae Sánchez-Hernández & Benton, 2014 | |
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