New carcharodontosaur from Portugal

[Halichoeres]

It's not enough to name a new genus, but it's from the Upper Jurassic and in Portugal, which is biogeographically important. The remains are a foot, some other limb fragments, and a string of vertebrae.

This is the new specimen's tail vertebrae superimposed on a Neovenator skeletal:


Open access: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/carcharodontosaurian-remains-dinosauria-theropoda-from-the-upper-jurassic-of-portugal/52DA60451B9984FBD24B2B4B2390A281

[Newt]

Very interesting! Given the close similarities between Tithonian faunas in Portugal and western USA, I wonder if we'll someday see a Morrison carcharodontosaur?

[Syndicate Bias]

Interesting news regarding this new carcharodontosaur. I hope they can uncover more remains, everytime I see a new one the remains are so scattered and rare