Dinosaur: Miragaia longicollum
| Length*: | 7.7 m | 25.3 ft |
| Weight*: | 3 tons | 6,614 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Mateus et al.
Year: 2009
Area: Europe
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisbon
Formation: Lourinhã
Classification
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Thyreophora
Eurypoda
Stegosauria
Stegosauridae
Dacentrurinae
Other
Material: Partial skull, forelimbs, pectoral girdle, cervical series, two first dorsal vertebrae, ribs, and cervical osteoderms.
References: Francisco Costa & OctÃvio Mateus (2019) Dacentrurine stegosaurs (Dinosauria): A new specimen of Miragaia longicollum from the Late Jurassic of Portugal resolves taxonomical validity and shows the occurrence of the clade in North America.
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