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Dinosaur: Pelecanimimus polydon
| Length*: | 1.9 m | 6.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 17 kg | 37 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Years: 125.8–121.4 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Perez-Moreno et al.
Year: 1994
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Spain
Region: Castilla-La Mancha
Formation: La Huérguina
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton with skull.
References: Perez-Moreno, Sanz, Buscalioni, Moratalla, Ortega and Rasskin-Gutman, (1994). A unique multitoothed ornithomimosaur dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain.
