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Dinosaur: Austrocheirus isasii
| Length*: | 5.5 m | 18.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 200 kg | 441 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ezcurra, Agnolín & Novas
Year: 2010
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Santa Cruz
Formation: Cerro Fortaleza
Locations
Sources
Material: Caudal centra, three caudal neural arches, limb bones.
References: Ezcurra, M.D.; Agnolin, F.L. & Novas, F.E. (2010). "An abelisauroid dinosaur with a non-atrophied manus from the Late Cretaceous Pari Aike Formation of southern Patagonia".
