Camarillasaurus
Name:
Camarillasaurus
(Camarillas lizard).
Phonetic: Cam-ah-rill-ah-sore-us.
Named By: Barbara Sanchez-Hernández and Michael J.
Benton - 2012.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Spinosauridae?
Species: C. cirugedae
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Spain, Teruel Province -
Camarillas Formation.
Time period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Fragmentary post cranial
remains and a tooth.
Initially thought to be a ceratosaur, Camarillasaurus is now thought to be a spinosaur.
Further reading
- Filling the ceratosaur gap: A new ceratosaurian theropod from the
Early Cretaceous of Spain - Barbara Sanchez-Hernández &
Michael J.
Benton - 2012.
- A reappraisal of the early cretaceous theropod
dinosaur Camarillasaurus from spain XVII Conference
of the EAVP –
Brussels, Belgium. - O. W. M. Rauhut, J. Ignacio Canudo & D.
Castanera - 2019.
- A spinosaurid from Thailand (Sao Khua Formation, Early Cretaceous)
and a reassessment of Camarillasaurus cirugedae
from the Early
Cretaceous of Spain - Historical Biology: 1–15. - Adun Samathi, P.
Martin Sander & Phornphen Chanthasit - 2021.
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