Genus
Valid Extinct

Camarillasaurus

Sánchez-Hernández and Benton 2014

Camarillasaurus is an extinct genus of spinosaurid theropod dinosaurs 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. Camarillasaurus is one of several spinosaurid taxa known from the Iberian peninsula, the others being Iberospinus, Protathlitis, Baryonyx, Riojavenatrix, 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
Camarillasaurus
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Ceratosaurian theropod Camarillasaurus cirugedae gen. et sp. nov. from the Camarillas Formation of Camarillas, Soria Province, Spain, presacral vertebra, MPG-KPC9, in anterior (A), left lateral (B), and posterior (C) views; possible neural spine tips, MPG1116, 32, 33 in ?posterior (D) and transverse (E) views; and presacral rib MPG-KPC7, in ventral view (F) and detail of its proximal end (G). Scale bars are 10 mm (A-C, G), 20 mm (D-E) and 100 mm (F). © Bárbara Sánchez-Hernández and Michael J. Benton · CC BY 2.0 · 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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Spinosaurinae Subfamily
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Camarillasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Camarillas
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Camarillasaurus cirugedae 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
B. Sánchez-Hernández and M. J. Benton. 2014. Filling the ceratosaur gap: a new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(3):581-600 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
B. Sánchez-Hernández and M. J. Benton. 2014. Filling the ceratosaur gap: a new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(3):581-600 DOI ↗