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Dinosaur: Meroktenos thabanensis
| Length*: | 4.8 m | 15.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 300 kg | 661 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Late Norian-Rhaetian
Years: 227–201.4 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: de Fabrègues & Allain
Year: 2016
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Lesotho
Region: Mafeteng
Formation: Lower Elliot
Locations
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skeleton, referred cervical vertebra, left ulna and radius ?
References: Peyre de Fabregues, C., Allain, R. (2016). New material and revision of Melanorosaurus thabanensis, a basal sauropodomorph from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho.
