AfricaCerapodaDinosauriaDryosauridaeEarly CretaceousGenasauriaIguanodontiaNeornithischiaOrnithischiaOrnithopoda

Kangnasaurus coetzeei 

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Dinosaur: Kangnasaurus coetzeei 

Type: Ornithopod

Length*:3.5 m11.5 ft
Weight*:85 kg187 lb
ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Africa

Area: Africa


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous

Details

Status: nomen dubium
Author: Haughton
Year: 1915

Distribution

Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Northern Cape
Formation: Unnamed


Locations


Sources

Material: Tooth, referred several fragments (include femora).
References: Cooper, Michael R. (1985). "A revision of the ornithischian dinosaur Kangnasaurus coetzeei Haughton, with a classification of the Ornithischia".

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