Vitakridrinda

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DV-0559Vitakri Fm., Pakistan

Vitakridrinda

DV-0559

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Vitakrisauridae
Found in
Pakistan
Named by
Malkani 2004

Field notes

About Vitakridrinda

Vitakridrinda was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Vitakrisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 8 finds of Vitakridrinda, from Pakistan. Its fossils come from the Vitakri Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2004.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

8 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Vitakrisauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2004. Saurischian dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous of Pakistan. In S. S. Hussain & H. D. Akbar (eds.), 5th Pakistan Geological Congress, Islamabad. National Geological Society of Pakistan, Pakistan Museum of Natural History (Pakistan Science Foundation)