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Ostafrikasaurus crassiserratus

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Dinosaur: Ostafrikasaurus crassiserratus

Jurassic: 154.8–145 Ma
Type: Theropod

Length*:5.3 m17.4 ft
Weight*:500 kg1,102 lb
ESR: 0.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Africa

Area: Africa


Period

Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Buffetaut
Year: 2012

Distribution

Area: Africa
Country: Tanzania
Region: Mtwara
Formation: Tendaguru

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Theropoda
Neotheropoda
Averostra
Ceratosauria
Neoceratosauria
Ceratosauridae


Sources

Material: Premaxillary tooth. Referred premaxillary tooth.
References: Buffetaut, (2012). An early spinosaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania) and the evolution of the spinosaurid dentition.

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