“Eoplophysis vetustus”
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Dinosaur: "Eoplophysis vetustus"
| Length*: | 4.7 m | 15.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 650 kg | 1,433 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Early-Late Bathonian
Years: 168.2–166.1 Ma
Details
Status: nomen nudum
Author: Ulansky
Year: 2014
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Cornbrash, Sharp's Hill, Chipping Norton
Sources
Material: Femur, referred cervical ?, dorsal ?, ribs ?, tail spines ?, dermal plates ?
References: Galton, P.M. and Powell, H.P., (1983), "Stegosaurian dinosaurs from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of England, the earliest record of the family Stegosauridae".
Maidment, Susannah C.R.; Norman, David B.; Barrett, Paul M.; Upchurch, Paul (2008). "Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)".
