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Iberospinus natarioi

Reptilia - Spinosauridae

Taxonomy
Iberospinus natarioi was named by Mateus and Estraviz-López (2022). Its type specimen is ML1190, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Praia das Aguncheiras, which is in a Barremian lagoonal horizon in the Papo Seco Formation of Portugal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Iberospinus natarioi Mateus and Estraviz-López p. 8 fig. 3–25
2023Iberospinus natarioi Santos-Cubedo et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familySpinosauridae
genusIberospinus
speciesnatarioi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Iberospinus natarioi Mateus and Estraviz-López 2022
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Mateus and D. Estraviz-López 2022Medium sized spinosaurid theropod with the following autapomorphies: 1) dentary with a single foramen in the Meckelian sulcus, 2) dentary ́s ventral edge is straight (not upturned), 3) presence of laminae in the pleurocelic depression of the medio-distal caudal vertebrae, 4) scapula, anterior rim is straight (acromion not protruding), 5) scapula with reduced acromial ridge, 6) scapula, contact with coracoid occupies the entire ventral surface, 7) pubic apron thick in almost the entire length of the pubis shaft, 8) mound like eminence in the proximal lateral part of the pubis.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal (Lisboa) Baryonyx walkeri (type locality: 218871)