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Kryptops palaios 

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Dinosaur: Kryptops palaios 

Cretaceous: 121.4–100.5 Ma
Type: Theropod

Length*:5.8 m19.0 ft
Weight*:550 kg1,213 lb
ESR: 1.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Africa

Area: Africa



Locations


Sources

Material: Incomplete maxilla.
References: Sereno, Paul C.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2008). "Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger".

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