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Dinosaur: Genusaurus sisteronis
| Length*: | 3.6 m | 11.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 60 kg | 132 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian
Years: 113–100.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Accarie et al.
Year: 1995
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: France
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Formation: "Bevons" Beds
Locations
Sources
Material: Seven dorsal centra, sacral centrum, incomplete ilium, proximal pubis ?, femur, proximal tibia, proximal fibula, tarsal.
References: Accarie et al. (1995). Découverte d'un Dinosaure théropode nouveau (Genusaurus sisteronis n. g., n. sp.) dans l'Albien marin de Sisteron (Alpes de Haute-Provence, France) et extension au Crétacé inférieur de la lignée cératosaurienne.
