Vitakrisaurus
Field photograph to come
Vitakrisaurus
DV-0761
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Vitakrisauridae
- Found in
- Pakistan
- Named by
- Malkani 2010
Field notes
About Vitakrisaurus
Vitakrisaurus 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 2 finds of Vitakrisaurus, from Pakistan. Its fossils come from the Vitakri Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2010.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Vitakrisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2010. Updated stratigraphy and mineral potential of Sulaiman Basin, Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 42(2):39-66