Vespersaurus
Field photograph to come
Vespersaurus
DV-1086 · type species Vespersaurus paranaensis
- Lived
- 121 to 72 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Noasauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Langer et al. 2019
Field notes
About Vespersaurus
Vespersaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 121 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Noasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Vespersaurus, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Goio-Erê Formation. It was named by Langer et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Noasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. C. Langer, N. Martins, and P. C. Manzig, G. S. Ferreira, J. C. Marsola, E. Fortes, R. Lima, L. C. F. Sant’ana, L. S. Vidal, R. H. Lorençato, M. D. Ezcurra. 2019. A new desert-dwelling dinosaur (Theropoda, Noasaurinae) from the Cretaceous of south Brazil. Scientific Reports 9(9379)