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Dinosaur: Massospondylus carinatus
| Length*: | 5.7 m | 18.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 450 kg | 992 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Pliensbachian
Years: 201.4–182.7 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Owen
Year: 1854
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe
Region: Free State, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Leribe, Quthing, Mashonaland West, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South
Formation: Upper Elliot, Clarens, Bushveld Sandstone, Upper Karoo, Forest Sandstone, Mpandi
Locations
Sources
Material: Several dozen individuals (more than 80 ?).
References: Owen, Richard (1854). "Descriptive catalogue of the Fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England."
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.
