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Dinosaur: Austroraptor cabazai
| Length*: | 6.2 m | 20.3 ft |
| Weight*: | 340 kg | 750 lb |
| Speed: | 38 km/h | 24 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Novas et al.
Year: 2008
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Río Negro
Formation: Allen
Locations
Sources
Material: Two partial skeletons with fragmentary skulls.
References: Currie and Paulina Carabajal, (2012). A new specimen of Austroraptor cabazai Novas, Pol, Canale, Porfiri and Calvo, 2008 (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Unenlagiidae) from the Latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Rio Negro, Argentina.
