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Veterupristisaurus
Carnivore
There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.
Who lived alongside it
Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Veterupristisaurus (Tendaguru), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.
Giraffatitan
Jurassic
Kentrosaurus
Jurassic
Dicraeosaurus
Jurassic
Tornieria
Jurassic
Janenschia
Jurassic
Tendaguria
Jurassic
Herbivore
Wamweracaudia
Jurassic
Australodocus
Jurassic
Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.
Scientific details
- Classification
- Theropod (two-legged predators)
- Family
- Carcharodontosauridae
- When it lived
- 149.2–152.21 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Kimmeridgian
- Named by
- Rauhut, 2011
- Fossil occurrences
- 2 sites
Countries with fossils
- Tanzania
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata