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Dinosaur: Ignavusaurus rachelis
| Length*: | 4 m | 13.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 190 kg | 419 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: S > Massospondylus carinatus
Author: Knoll
Year: 2010
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Lesotho
Region: Qacha's Nek, Mafeteng
Formation: Upper Elliot
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton with skull fragments. Referred 5 vertebrae (mostly neural arches).
References: Knoll, (2010). A primitive sauropodomorph from the upper Elliot Formation of Lesotho.
Ewan H. Bodenham & Paul M. Barrett (2020). A new specimen of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Ignavusaurus rachelis from the Early Jurassic of Lesotho.
