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VETERUPRISTISAURUS
(vet-e-ru-pris-ti-sor-us)
meaning: "old shark lizard"
Veterupristisaurus
Named By: Oliver W. M. Rauhut in 2011
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 154-150 Ma
Location: Tanzania - Tendaguru Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains, however when originally described by Rauhut and compared to Acrocanthosaurus, was estimated to be somewhere between 8.5 and 10 meters in length
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Few vertebrae
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Carcharodontosauria | Carcharodontosauridae |
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Veterupristisaurus is an extinct genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur known from the Jurassic of Tendaguru, southeastern Tanzania.

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