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Dinosaur: Antetonitrus ingenipes
Jurassic: 201.4–190.8 Ma
| Length*: | 7.8 m | 25.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.25 t | 2,756 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Yates & Kitching
Year: 2003
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Free State
Formation: Upper Elliot
Locations
Sources
Material: Several partial skeletons.
References: Yates, A.M., Kitching, J.W. (2003). The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion.
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