Dinosaur: Heptasteornis andrewsi
Cretaceous: 72.1–66 Ma
Length*: | 2.05 m | 6.7 ft |
Weight*: | 15 kg | 33 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Harrison & Walker
Year: 1975
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Romania
Region: Transylvania
Formation: Sânpetru
Sources
Material: Two distal tibiotarsi, referred distal femur ?
References: Naish, Darren & Dyke, Gareth J. (2004): Heptasteornis was no ornithomimid, troodontid, dromaeosaurid or owl: the first alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Europe.
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