Riparovenator
Riparovenator was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived near rivers on the Isle of Wight, England. It had a long, narrow snout and cone-shaped teeth, perfect for catching fish and other prey. This dinosaur is a spinosaur, a group known for their crocodile-like faces and love of water.12
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Its fossils were found at Chilton Chine on the Isle of Wight, along with another new spinosaur called Ceratosuchops.1
Riparovenator belongs to a group called Baryonychinae, which includes the African dinosaur Suchomimus.12
Scientists think spinosaurs like Riparovenator could hunt both on land and in water, eating fish and other animals.12
The name Riparovenator means 'riverbank hunter' in Latin, because it lived near rivers.1
Riparovenator lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 to 121 million years ago.5

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?How big was Riparovenator?
Scientists are not sure of its exact size yet, because only partial skull and tail bones have been found. It was a large theropod dinosaur, but no total length or weight estimates have been published.14
?What did Riparovenator eat?
It ate fish, small turtles, young crocodiles, baby dinosaurs, and mammals. Like most spinosaurids, it hunted both in water and on land.4
?When did Riparovenator live?
It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago. That is the Barremian age.4
?Where was Riparovenator found?
Its fossils were found at Chilton Chine on the Isle of Wight, England. They were uncovered between 2013 and 2017.14
?Is Riparovenator a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a baryonychine spinosaurid theropod dinosaur.4
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Riparovenator
- Benoem deur
- Barker et al. 20215
- Groep
- Spinosourusse
- Familie / klade
- Spinosauridae5
- Klassifikasie
- Theropoda > Spinosauridae5
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 126 tot 121 miljoen jaar (Barremian)5
- Rotsformasies
- Wessex5
- Lande
- Verenigde Koninkryk5
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database5
- Ontdekking
- Riparovenator was named by scientists Barker, Hone, Naish and others in 2021. Its fossils were collected between 2013 and 2017 from the Wessex Formation on the Isle of Wight, England.15
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are still debating how much time spinosaurs like Riparovenator spent in water and how specialized they were for aquatic life.12
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
- New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- New species of dinosaur unearthed by Isle of Wight fossil hunters (bbc.com)
- Riparovenator (en.wikipedia.org)
- Riparovenator in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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