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Dinosaur: Algoasaurus bauri
| Length*: | 4.8 m | 15.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 300 kg | 661 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian-Valanginian
Years: 145–132.6 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Broom
Year: 1904
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Kirkwood
Sources
Material: Fragmentary vertebrae, femur, incomplete scapula, phalanx.
References: McPhee, B. W., Mannion, P. D., de Klerk, W. J., & Choiniere, J. N. (2016). High diversity in the sauropod dinosaur fauna of the Lower Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation of South Africa: Implications for the Jurassic–Cretaceous transition.
