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Dinosaur: Petrobrasaurus puestohernandezi
| Length*: | 17.8 m | 58.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 13 t | 28,660 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Coniacian
Years: 89.8–86.3 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Filippi et al.
Year: 2011
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Plottier
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, rib, limb bones and other fragments).
References: Leonardo S. Filippi; José Ignacio Canudo; Leonardo J. Salgado; Alberto C. Garrido; Rodolfo A. Garcia; Ignacio A. Cerda; Alejandro Otero (2011). "A new sauropod titanosaur from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia (Argentina)".
