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Dinosaur: Achillesaurus manazzonei
| Length*: | 2.8 m | 9.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 30 kg | 66 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Years: 86.3–83.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Martinelli & Vera
Year: 2007
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Bajo de la Carpa
Locations
Sources
Material: Sacral vertebrae, Caudal vertebrae. chevron, partial ilium, proximal femur, distal tibia and other fragments.
References: Martinelli, Agustín G.; Vera, Ezequiel I. (2007). "Achillesaurus manazzonei, a new alvarezsaurid theropod (Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina"
