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Camarillasaurus

Say it: ka-MAR-ee-lah-SORE-us

Name means: “Camarillas lizard”1

Ate: MeatSpinosaursEarly Cretaceous

Camarillasaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Spain. It had a long snout and sharp teeth, and scientists think it might have eaten fish and other animals. This dinosaur is one of the few spinosaurs found in Europe.1 4

Lived

126 to 121 million years ago4

Early Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Fuente Amar outcrop, near Camarillas village, Teruel Province, Spain4 2

Food

Meat4

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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Fun facts

Camarillasaurus was first thought to be a ceratosaur, but later studies showed it is actually a spinosaur, a type of fish-eating dinosaur.1

The only known fossils of Camarillasaurus were found in a small area of about five square metres, all from one individual.2

Its bones were discovered by a farmer named Pedro Cirugeda Buj while ploughing his field.2

Camarillasaurus lived about 130 to 125 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period.1

This dinosaur is one of several spinosaurs found in Spain, along with Baryonyx and Vallibonavenatrix.1

AI-made picture of Camarillasaurus — An AI-made picture of how Camarillasaurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Camarillasaurus

?How big was Camarillasaurus?

It was a medium- to large-sized theropod, but no exact length or weight is given in the sources.3

?What did Camarillasaurus eat?

It was a meat-eater. Scientists think it may have eaten fish and other animals, like other spinosaurs.1

?When did Camarillasaurus live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 to 125 million years ago.1

?Where was Camarillasaurus found?

Its fossils were found in the Camarillas Formation near the village of Camarillas in Teruel, Spain.1

?Is Camarillasaurus a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur.1

?How was Camarillasaurus discovered?

Its bones were discovered by a farmer named Pedro Cirugeda Buj while ploughing his field.1

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Scientific name: Camarillasaurus
Named by: Sánchez-Hernández and Benton 20144
Group: Spinosaurs
Family / clade: Spinosauridae4
Classification: Theropoda > Spinosauridae4
Age of the rocks: 126 to 121 million years (Barremian)4
Rock formations: Camarillas4
Countries: Spain4
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
Discovery: Camarillasaurus was named in 2014 by paleontologists Bárbara Sánchez-Hernández and Michael J. Benton. The fossils were found by Pedro Cirugeda Buj in a field near Camarillas, Spain.4 2
Still debated: Scientists are still debating whether Camarillasaurus was a ceratosaur or a spinosaur. Most recent studies place it in the spinosaur family, but some details of its skeleton are still unclear.1

Where the facts come from

Camarillasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Filling the ceratosaur gap: A new ceratosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain (app.pan.pl)
Revision of Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur (palaeo-electronica.org)
Camarillasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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