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Dinosaur: Dinodocus mackesoni
| Length*: | 14.8 m | 48.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 10.3 t | 22,708 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian
Years: 121.4–113 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Owen
Year: 1884
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Lower Greensand
Sources
Material: Fragmentary left humerus, proximal end of a right humerus, and impressions of right ulna and radius.
References: Mannion, P. D., Upchurch, P., Barnes, R. N., & Mateus, O. (2013). Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms.
