Lophostropheus airelensis
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Dinosaur: Lophostropheus airelensis
| Length*: | 5.2 m | 17.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 135 kg | 298 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic
Stage: Late Rhaetian-Early Hettangian
Years: 208.5–199.3 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ezcurra & Cuny
Year: 2007
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: France
Region: Normandy
Formation: Moon-Airel
Locations
Sources
Material: Tooth, vertebrae, part of ilia, ischia, proximal pubes and a fragmentary unidentified bone.
References: Ezcurra, M. D., & Cuny, G. (2007). The coelophysoid Lophostropheus airelensis, gen. nov.: a review of the systematics of“Liliensternus” airelensis from the Triassic–Jurassic outcrops of Normandy (France).
