New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae

Citation

Barker, C. T.; Hone, D. W. E.; Naish, D.; Cau, A.; Lockwood, J. A. F.; Foster, B.; Clarkin, C. E.; Schneider, P.; Gostling, N. J. (2021). New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae. Scientific Reports 11(1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97870-8

Names first published here

• Ceratosuchops genus
• Ceratosuchops inferodios species
• Riparovenator genus
• Riparovenator milnerae species

Cited by genera

• Camarillasaurus

  Recovered Camarillasaurus as an early-branching spinosaurine.

• Ceratosuchops

  Erected Ceratosuchops inferodios, with Riparovenator, as a distinct baryonychine spinosaurid.

• Iberospinus

  New Wessex spinosaurid description recovered Iberospinus with baryonychine affinities.

• Riparovenator

  Erected Riparovenator milnerae as a distinct baryonychine spinosaurid, sister to Ceratosuchops.

• Suchosaurus

  Assigns the holotype tooth to the Grinstead Clay Formation.

• Vallibonavenatrix

  Recovered Vallibonavenatrix as a baryonychine (parsimony) or a basal spinosaurid outside both subfamilies (Bayesian).

Cited by clades

• Baryonychinae

  Described Ceratosuchops and Riparovenator, named the tribe Ceratosuchopsini, and recovered Baryonychinae as the sister group of Spinosaurinae.