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Dinosaur: Masiakasaurus knopfleri
| Length*: | 4.6 m | 15.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 130 kg | 287 lb |
| Speed: | 31 km/h | 19 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Sampson, Carrano & Forster
Year: 2001
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Madagascar
Region: Mahajanga
Formation: Maevarano
Locations
Sources
Material: Many individuals.
References: Carrano, Loewen and Sertich, (2011). New materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and Implications for the Morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria).
