Dinosaur: Nqwebasaurus thwazi
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Length*: | 1.2 m | 3.9 ft |
Weight*: | 2.5 kg | 6 lb |
Speed: | 31 km/h | 19 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian-Valanginian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: de Klerk et al.
Year: 2000
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Kirkwood
Other
Material: Large part of skeleton with skull fragments. Referred femur, tibia and fibula.
References: Choiniere, Forster and de Klerk, (2012). New information on Nqwebasaurus thwazi, a coelurosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous (Hauteriverian?) Kirkwood Formation in South Africa.
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