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“Massospondylus” harriesi 

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Dinosaur: "Massospondylus" harriesi 

Jurassic: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Type: Sauropod

Length*:4.6 m15.1 ft
Weight*:240 kg529 lb
ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Africa

Area: Africa


Period

Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma

Details

Status: nomen dubium /S > Massospondylus carinatus
Author: Broom
Year: 1911

Distribution

Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Free State
Formation: Upper Elliot


Sources

Material: Incomplete forelimb and hindlimb.
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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