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sharp-clawed runner
Iberospinus
Say it like this: “eye-BEH-ro-SPY-nus”
Iberospinus natarioi
Iberospinus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Portugal.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2022 · Mateus, O.; Estraviz-López, D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Portugal · Papo Seco
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Spinosauridae
The story in short
Iberospinus was formally named in 2022 by O. Mateus and D. Estraviz-López.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Portugal, including the Papo Seco Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Iberospinus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Spinosauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Camarillasaurus
Camarillasaurus cirugedae
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