Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum
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Dinosaur: Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum
| Length*: | 2.3 m | 7.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 42 kg | 93 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Yates, Bonnan & Neveling
Year: 2011
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Free State
Formation: Upper Elliot
Classification
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skull and distal caudal vertebra (two individuals ?), referred several other bones.
References: Yates, Adam M.; Matthew F. Bonnan; Johann Neveling (2011). "A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa".
