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Dinosaur: Paralititan stromeri
| Length*: | 27 m | 88.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 30 t | 66,139 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Cenomanian
Years: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Smith et al.
Year: 2001
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Egypt
Region: Giza Governorate
Formation: Bahariya
Locations
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skeleton (sacral vertebrae, two anterior caudal vertebrae, both incomplete scapulae, two humeri and other fragments), referred dorsal vertebra.
References: Smith JB, Lamanna MC, Lacovara KJ, Dodson P, Smith JR, Poole JC, Giegengack R, Attia Y (2001). "A giant sauropod dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous mangrove deposit in Egypt".
