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sharp-clawed runner
Camarillasaurus
Say it like this: “cam-a-REE-yuh-SOR-us”
Camarillasaurus cirugedae
Camarillasaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Sánchez-Hernández, B.; Benton, M. J.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Spain · Camarillas
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Spinosauridae
The story in short
In 2014, B. Sánchez-Hernández and M. J. Benton published the name Camarillasaurus. The name means “camarillas lizard.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Camarillas Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Camarillasaurus at a length near 3 m.
On the family tree it sits in Spinosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Iberospinus
Iberospinus natarioi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Riojavenatrix
Riojavenatrix lacustris
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
Siamosaurus
Siamosaurus suteethorni
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian · Hauterivian) · roughly 137.1 to 125.8 million years ago