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Dinosaur: Ledumahadi mafube
| Length*: | 10.8 m | 35.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 3.4 t | 7,496 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: McPhee et al.
Year: 2018
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Free State
Formation: Upper Elliot
Locations
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skeleton (mostly vertebrae).
References: McPhee, B. W., Benson, R. B. J., Botha-Brink, J., Bordy, E. M., & Choiniere, J. N. (2018). A Giant Dinosaur from the Earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the Transition to Quadrupedality in Early Sauropodomorphs.
