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Dinosaur: "Carnosaurus"
Cretaceous: 89.8–86.3 Ma

Length*: | 3.4 m | 11.2 ft |
Weight*: | 170 kg | 375 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Coniacian
Years: 89.8–86.3 Ma
Details
Status: nomen nudum
Author: von Huene
Year: 1929
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Plottier
Classification
Sources
Material: Tooth, metatarsal IV ?, tooth ?
References: Rubén Molina-Pérez & Asier Larramendi (2019) Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Theropods and Other Dinosauriformes.
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