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Dinosaur: Austroposeidon magnificus
| Length*: | 16.5 m | 54.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 10 t | 22,046 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Bandeira et al.
Year: 2016
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Brazil
Region: São Paulo
Formation: Presidente Prudente
Locations
Sources
Material: Two incomplete cervical vertebrae, cervical rib, dorsal vertebra, seven fragments of dorsal vertebrae and a fragment of a sacral vertebra.
References: Bandeira, K.L.N.; Medeiros Simbras, F.; Batista Machado, E.; de Almeida Campos, D.; Oliveira, G.R.; Kellner, A.W.A. (2016). "A New Giant Titanosauria (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group, Brazil".
