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Dinosaur: Nothronychus graffami
| Length*: | 5 m | 16.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 800 kg | 1,764 lb |
| Speed: | 38 km/h | 24 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Turonian
Years: 93.9–89.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Zanno et al.
Year: 2009
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Utah
Formation: Tropic Shale
Locations
Sources
Material: Nearly complete skeleton with skull.
References: Hedrick, Zanno, Wolfe and Dodson, (2015). The slothful claw: Osteology and taphonomy of Nothronychus mckinleyi and N. graffami (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and anatomical considerations for derived therizinosaurids.
