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Dinosaur: Dracovenator regenti
| Length*: | 5 m | 16.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 185 kg | 408 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Yates
Year: 2006
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Upper Elliot
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull with teeth, referred partial skull (juvenile) ?
References: Yates, (2005). A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods.
