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Dinosaur: Mansourasaurus shahinae
| Length*: | 8.5 m | 27.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.25 t | 2,756 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Sallam et al.
Year: 2018
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Egypt
Region: New Valley
Formation: Quseir
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (cranial fragments, dentaries, vertebrae, ribs, scapulocoracoid, sternal plate, limb bones, partial osteoderms ? and other fragments.
References: Sallam, H.M., Gorscak, E., O’Connor, P.M., El-Dawoudi, I.A., El-Sayed, S., Saber, S., Kora, M.A., Sertich, J.J.W., Seiffert E.R. & Lamanna, M.C. (2018) New Egyptian sauropod reveals Late Cretaceous dinosaur dispersal between Europe and Africa.
