Hortalotarsus skirtopodus
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Dinosaur: Hortalotarsus skirtopodus
| Length*: | 2.7 m | 8.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 48 kg | 106 lb |
*The largest known specimen
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
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".
