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sharp-clawed runner
Vallibonavenatrix
Say it like this: “va-yee-BO-nuh-ven-AY-triks”
Vallibonavenatrix cani
Vallibonavenatrix 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
- 2019 · Malafaia, E.; Gasulla, J. M.; Escaso, F.; Narváez, I.; Sanz, J. L.; Ortega, F.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Spain · Arcillas de Morella
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Spinosauridae
The story in short
The genus Vallibonavenatrix dates to 2019, the year E. Malafaia and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Arcillas de Morella Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Vallibonavenatrix 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
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