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Dinosaur: Niebla antiqua
| Length*: | 5.5 m | 18.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 650 kg | 1,433 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Aranciaga Rolando et al.
Year: 2020
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Río Negro
Formation: Allen
Locations
Sources
Material: Braincase, incomplete left dentary, teeth, dorsal vertebral centra, ribs and right scapulocoracoid.
References: Mauro Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2020) A new medium-sized abelisaurid (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Allen Formation of Northern Patagonia, Argentina.
