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Dinosaur: Kryptops palaios
Cretaceous: 121.4–100.5 Ma

Length*: | 5.8 m | 19.0 ft |
Weight*: | 550 kg | 1,213 lb |
*The largest known specimen
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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