Veterupristisaurus
Field photograph to come
Veterupristisaurus
DV-0807 · type species Veterupristisaurus milneri
- Lived
- 152 to 149 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Carcharodontosauridae
- Found in
- Tanzania
- Named by
- Rauhut 2011
Field notes
About Veterupristisaurus
Veterupristisaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 149 million years ago. It belongs to the family Carcharodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Veterupristisaurus, from Tanzania. Its fossils come from the Tendaguru Formation. It was named by Rauhut in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Carcharodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: O. W. M. Rauhut. 2011. Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania). Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:195-239