Dinosaur: "Massospondylus" browni
Jurassic: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Length*: | 2.5 m | 8.2 ft |
Weight*: | 38 kg | 84 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium /S > Massospondylus carinatus
Author: Seeley
Year: 1895
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Upper Elliot
Sources
Material: Vertebrae, femora, partial foot.
References: Barrett, Chapelle, Staunton, Botha & Choiniere (2019) Postcranial osteology of the neotype specimen of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the upper Elliot formation of South Africa.
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