“Massospondylus” hislopi
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Dinosaur: "Massospondylus" hislopi
| Length*: | 4.8 m | 15.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 280 kg | 617 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Late Carnian-Early Norian
Years: 237–208.5 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Lydekker
Year: 1890
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: India
Region: Andhra Pradesh
Formation: Maleri
Classification
Sources
Material: Isolated partial vertebra (vertebrae ?).
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.
