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Dinosaur: Brachytrachelopan mesai
| Length*: | 8.5 m | 27.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 3 t | 6,614 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Tithonian
Years: 149.2–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Rauhut et al.
Year: 2005
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Chubut
Formation: Cañadón Calcáreo
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, ribs, right ilium, and other fragments).
References: Rauhut O.W.M., Remes K., Fechner R., Cladera G., Puerta P. (2005) "Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Patagonia".
