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Dinosaur: Patagonykus puertai
| Length*: | 2.8 m | 9.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 30 kg | 66 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Turonian-Coniacian
Years: 93.9–86.3 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Novas
Year: 1996
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Portezuelo
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton without skull, referred cervical vertebra, postzygopophysis, manual phalanx I-1 and proximal manual ungual I.
References: Novas, (1996). Alvarezsauridae, Cretaceous basal birds from Patagonia and Mongolia.
