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Dinosaur: "Brontoraptor"
| Length*: | 8.3 m | 27.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.5 t | 3,307 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: nomen nudum
Author: Redman
Year: 1995
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Wyoming
Formation: Morrison
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, sacrum, scapula, coracoids, ilium, pubis, ischium, femur, tibia, fibula, chevrons).
References: Siegwarth, Lindbeck, Bakker and Southwell, (1996). Giant carnivorous dinosaurs of the family Megalosauridae.
