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Dinosaur: "Brachiosaurus" nougaredi
| Length*: | 29.5 m | 96.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 25 t | 55,116 lb |
| Speed: | 10 km/h | 6 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Lapparent
Year: 1960
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Algeria
Region: Ouargla
Formation: Taouratine Series
Sources
Material: Sacrum, referred parts of a forelimb, tibia, and some partial metatarsals (chimera Diplodocoidea and Titanosauriformes ?).
References: Mannion, P. D., Upchurch, P., Barnes, R. N., & Mateus, O. (2013). Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms.
