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Hortalotarsus skirtopodus

Dinosaur: Hortalotarsus skirtopodus

Jurassic: 190.8–182.7 Ma
Type: Sauropod

Length*:2.7 m8.9 ft
Weight*:48 kg106 lb
ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Africa

Area: Africa


Period

Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Pliensbachian
Years: 190.8–182.7 Ma

Details

Status: nomen dubium
Author: Seeley
Year: 1894

Distribution

Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Clarens

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Massospondylidae


Sources

Material: Partial skeleton (tibia, fibula, phalanges and destroyed bones- humerus ?, scapula ?, vertebrae, ribs, femur ?, ilium ? and other fragments).
References: Seeley, H.G. (1894). "LIII.—On Hortalotarsus skirtopodus, a new Saurischian fossil from Barkly East, Cape Colony".

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