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.