Alwalkeria maleriensis
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Dinosaur: Alwalkeria maleriensis
Length*: | 1.3 m | 4.3 ft |
Weight*: | 4 kg | 9 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Late Carnian
Years: 237–227 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Chatterjee & Creisler
Year: 1994
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: India
Region: Andhra Pradesh
Formation: Maleri
Classification
Locations
Sources
Material: Dorsal vertebra, incomplete femur, astragalus.
References: Chatterjee and Creisler, (1994). Alwalkeria (Theropoda) and Morturneria (Plesiosauria), new names for preoccupied Walkeria Chatterjee, 1987 and Turneria Chatterjee and Small, 1989.