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Abelisauridae

Vitosaura colozacani

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Vitosaura 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Vitosaura
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae
Vitosaura reconstruction by Connor Ashbridge
Reconstruction · Connor Ashbridge (CC-BY)

Vitosaura is an extinct genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Los Llanos Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Vitosaura colozacani, known from a partial skeleton. Alongside Guemesia and the noasaurid Noasaurus, Vitosaura is one of the only Argentinian ceratosaurians found outside of Patagonia.

What we know

  • Named by Jiménez Velandia et al., 2025.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Vitosaura — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.