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Silhouette of Vespersaurus

Vespersaurus

Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al. 2019

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 121.4–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Vespersaurus paranaensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–72.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Langer et al. 2019. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Vespersaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Vespersaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Vespersaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus apertus
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predator–prey
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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predator–prey
Protoceratops
Protoceratops andrewsi
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coexisted–with
Hypacrosaurus
Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
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coexisted–with
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
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same–clade
Berthasaura
Berthasaura leopoldinae
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same–clade
Fuscinapedis
Fuscinapedis woodbinensis
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same–clade
Siats
Siats meekerorum
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