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Dinosaur: Nothronychus mckinleyi
| Length*: | 4.85 m | 15.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 700 kg | 1,543 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle Turonian
Years: 93.9–89.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Kirkland & Wolfe
Year: 2001
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: New Mexico
Formation: Moreno Hill
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton with skull fragments.
References: Hedrick, Zanno, Wolfe and Dodson, (2015). The slothful claw: Osteology and taphonomy of Nothronychus mckinleyi and N. graffami (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and anatomical considerations for derived therizinosaurids.
