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Dinosaur: Parrosaurus missouriensis
| Length*: | 12 m | 39.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 7.5 t | 16,535 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Gilmore
Year: 1945
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Missouri
Formation: Ripley
Sources
Material: 13 caudal vertebrae, skull fragments, other material ?
References: Gilmore, Charles Whitney; Stewart, Dan R. (1945). "A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Missouri".
