AverostraDinosauriaEusaurischiaLate JurassicMegalosauridaeMegalosaurinaeMegalosauroideaNeotheropodaNorth AmericaOrionidesSaurischiaTetanuraeTheropoda

“Brontoraptor”

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Dinosaur: "Brontoraptor"

Jurassic: 154.8–145 Ma
Type: Theropod

Length*:8.3 m27.2 ft
Weight*:1.5 t3,307 lb
ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*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.

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