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Dinosaur: Moros intrepidus
| Length*: | 3.2 m | 10.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 90 kg | 198 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle Cenomanian
Years: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Zanno et al.
Year: 2019
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Utah
Formation: Cedar Mountain
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete femur, incomplete tibia, fragmentary metatarsal II, incomplete metatarsal IV, phalanx IV-3 and phalanx IV-4. Referred tooth ? (teeth ?).
References: Zanno, L.E., Tucker, R.T., Canoville, A., Avrahami, H.M., Gates, T.A., Makovicky, P.J. (2019). "Diminutive fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record".
