Dinosaur: Morrosaurus antarcticus
Length*: | 3 m | 9.8 ft |
Weight*: | 45 kg | 99 lb |
ESR: 1 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Maastrichtian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Rozadilla et al.
Year: 2016
Area: Antarctica
Region: James Ross Island
Formation: Snow Hill Island
Classification
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Neornithischia
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda
Elasmaria
Other
Material: Fragmentary right hind limb. Referred distal end of a ?right pedal phalanx and seven unidentified fragments (could be the same individual with holotype).
References: Rozadilla, S., Agnolin, F. L., Novas, F. E., Aranciaga Rolando, A. M., Motta, M. J., Lirio, J. M., & Isasi, M. P. (2016). A new ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications.
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