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Dinosaur: Chondrosteosaurus gigas
Cretaceous: 125.8–121.4 Ma
| Length*: | 7.6 m | 24.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Years: 125.8–121.4 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Owen
Year: 1876
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Wessex
Sources
Material: Two cervical vertebrae.
References: Owen, R. (1876). "Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Supplement 7. Crocodilia (Poikilopleuron) and Dinosauria? (Chondrosteosaurus).
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