Riparovenator
RIP-ah-roh-ven-AY-tor /ˌrɪpəroʊvɛnˈeɪtər/
Accepted genus
riverbank hunter
- ripa · Latin · riverbank
- venator · Latin · hunter
The name combines the Latin words for "riverbank" and "hunter", referring to a spinosaurid that lived in a river-floodplain environment and probably hunted fish and other prey near the water. The only named species, R. milnerae, honours the paleontologist Angela Milner.
- Named by
- Barker et al.
- Year named
- 2021
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Barremian
- Found in
- Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight, England, UK
A spinosaurid theropod known from skull material. It was named in the same 2021 paper as Ceratosuchops, and the two are thought to be closely related, within the Baryonychinae.