Vespersaurus Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al. 2019
/vˌɛspɚsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 121.4–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Brazil
Region
Paraná
Formation
Goio-Erê
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Paraná, Brazil. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Vespersaurus paranaensis sits in deep time
Vespersaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Vespersaurus paranaensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.