Dinosaur: Meraxes gigas
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Length*: | 11 m | 36.1 ft |
Weight*: | 5.3 tons | 11,684 lb |
Speed: | 30 km/h | 19 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Canale et al.
Year: 2022
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Huincul
Other
Material: Skull and partial skeleton.
References: Canale et al. (2022). New giant carnivorous dinosaur reveals convergent evolutionary trends in theropod arm reduction.
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