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Dinosaur: Lusovenator santosi
| Length*: | 7.5 m | 24.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.1 t | 2,425 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Malafaia et al.
Year: 2020
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Portugal
Region: Oeste
Formation: Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo, Freixial
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (ilium, vertebrae and other fragments) without skull. Referred partial skeleton.
References: Malafaia E., Mocho P., Escaso F., Ortego F. (2020). A new carcharodontosaurian theropod from the Lusitanian Basin: evidence of allosauroid sympatry in the European Late Jurassic.
