Vitosaura
Field photograph to come
Vitosaura
DV-1292 · type species Vitosaura colozacani
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Jiménez Velandia et al. 2025
Field notes
About Vitosaura
Vitosaura was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Vitosaura, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Los Llanos Formation. It was named by Jiménez Velandia et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Jiménez Velandia, M. D. Ezcurra, and M. E. Hechenleitner, G. Basilici, A. G. Martinelli, L. E. Fiorelli. 2025. A new late Cretaceous abelisaurid species from La Rioja Province, Northwestern Argentina. Ameghiniana 62(5):1-23