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Dinosaur: Gualicho shinyae
| Length*: | 8.9 m | 29.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 900 kg | 1,984 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian
Years: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Apesteguía et al.
Year: 2016
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Río Negro
Formation: Huincul
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, incomplete scapulocoracoid, limb bones and other fragments).
References: Apesteguía, Smith, Juárez Valieri and Makovicky, (2016). An unusual new theropod with a didactyl manus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina.
