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New spinosaurid dinosaur from Portugal which lived over 125 million years ago had a crocodile-like skull, a spiny back and may have been a wading, fish-eating predator

02.16.22 | PLOS

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Life reconstruction of Iberospinus natarioi
Life reconstruction of Iberospinus natarioi (ML1190) showing 3D digitalization of some of the recovered bones, along with reconstructed musculature. Upper, right lateral view; Bottom, anterolateral left view. Paleoart by Victor Feijó de Carvalho. Credit: Mateus, Estraviz-López et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

New spinosaurid dinosaur from Portugal which lived over 125 million years ago had a crocodile-like skull, a spiny back and may have been a wading, fish-eating predator

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262614

Article Title: A new theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: Implications for spinosaurid evolution

Author Countries: Portugal

Funding: This research was supported by PDL-Parque dos dinossauros da Lourinhã ( https://www.dinoparque.pt/pt/ ), through the “BARY-PT” grant financed by the Program “Bolsas Super Animais 3” in collaboration with Pingo Doce supermarkets. This research is also under the GeoBioTec-GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering NOVA [GeoBioCiências, GeoTecnologias e GeoEngenharias], grant UIDB/04035/2020 by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia ( https://www.fct.pt/ ). Both O.M and D.E.L received funding from those sources. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0262614

A new theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: Implications for spinosaurid evolution

16-Feb-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Animals Dinosaurs Life Sciences Organismal Biology Predators Skull Theropods

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0262614
Article Publication Date
2022-02-16
Article Title
A new theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: Implications for spinosaurid evolution
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, February 16). New spinosaurid dinosaur from Portugal which lived over 125 million years ago had a crocodile-like skull, a spiny back and may have been a wading, fish-eating predator. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/12DYEQE1/new-spinosaurid-dinosaur-from-portugal-which-lived-over-125-million-years-ago-had-a-crocodile-like-skull-a-spiny-back-and-may-have-been-a-wading-fish-eating-predator.html
MLA:
"New spinosaurid dinosaur from Portugal which lived over 125 million years ago had a crocodile-like skull, a spiny back and may have been a wading, fish-eating predator." Brightsurf News, Feb. 16 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/12DYEQE1/new-spinosaurid-dinosaur-from-portugal-which-lived-over-125-million-years-ago-had-a-crocodile-like-skull-a-spiny-back-and-may-have-been-a-wading-fish-eating-predator.html.