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Dinosaur: Gasosaurus constructus
| Length*: | 4.5 m | 14.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 150 kg | 331 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Bathonian-Callovian
Years: 168.2–161.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Dong & Tang
Year: 1985
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Sichuan
Formation: Lower Shaximiao
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, humerus, ilium, pubis, ischium, femur, tibia, fibula, astragalus, metatarsal II and III, pedal ungual IV). Referred 3 teeth and other material ?
References: Dong and Tang, (1985). A new Mid-Jurassic theropod (Gasosaurus constructus gen. et sp. nov.) from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan Province, China.
