Genus: Vritramimosaurus SENNIKOV, 2005
Etymology: From Vritra (in Vedic mythology, a giant serpent or dragon by the
God Indra), Latin, mimicus, "seen, apparent, resembling" and Greek, sauros,
"lizard."
Species: dzerzhinskii SENNIKOV, 2005
Etymology: In honor of the Russian zoologist F. Ya. Dzerzhinsky, a specialist
in the field of comparative anatomy and functional morphology of vertebrates.
Holotype: PIN 951/72
Locality: Rassypnaya locality, Ilekskii District, Orenburg Region, European Russia.
Horizon: Petropavlovka Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Gamian Regional Stage, Yarengian Regional Superstage, Uppermost part of the Olenkian Stage,upper Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.
Material: Cervical vertebra.
Referred material:
PIN 951/73: Cervical vertebra.
PIN 951/106: Caudal vertebra.
PIN 951/107, 108: Fragmentary vertebrae.