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Dinosaur: "Cryptotyrannus"
| Length*: | 6.3 m | 20.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 750 kg | 1,653 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Santonian-Middle Campanian
Years: 86.3–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: nomen nudum
Author: Brownstein
Year: 2021
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Delaware
Formation: Merchantville
Sources
Material: Incomplete metatarsal II and incomplete metatarsal IV, referred caudal vertebra ?
References: Brownstein, (2021). Dinosaurs from the Santonian-Campanian Atlantic coastline substantiate phylogenetic signatures of vicariance in Cretaceous North America.
