Camarillasaurus
kam-ah-REE-yah-SORE-us /ˌkæməˌriːjəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Camarillas lizard
- Camarillas · Spanish (place name) · Camarillas, the village and formation in Teruel, Spain
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines Camarillas, the Spanish village and geological formation where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for "lizard". It literally means "lizard from Camarillas". The only known species is Camarillasaurus cirugedae.
- Named by
- Sánchez-Hernández and Benton
- Year named
- 2014
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Barremian
- Found in
- Camarillas Formation, Teruel Province, Spain
A theropod described as a ceratosaur. It is known from fragmentary remains, and its exact position within Ceratosauria or Neotheropoda has been debated.