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Dinosaur: Oxalaia quilombensis
| Length*: | 12.2 m | 40.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 4.8 t | 10,582 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian
Years: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Details
Status: valid /S > Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
Author: Kellner et al.
Year: 2011
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Brazil
Region: Maranhão
Formation: Alcântara
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete premaxillae, referred incomplete left maxilla, distal caudal centra ? and teeth ?
References: Kellner AWA, Azevedo SAK, Machado EB, de Carvalho LB, Henriques DDR. (2011). A new dinosaur (Theropoda, Spinosauridae) from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Alcântara Formation, Cajual Island, Brazil.
