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Dinosaur: Rapator ornitholestoides
| Length*: | 4.8 m | 15.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 270 kg | 595 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Cenomanian
Years: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: von Huene
Year: 1932
Distribution
Area: Australia
Country: Australia
Region: New South Wales
Formation: Griman Creek
Locations
Sources
Material: Metacarpal I.
References: Agnolin, Ezcurra, Pais and Salisbury, (2010). A reappraisal of the Cretaceous non-avian dinosaur faunas from Australia and New Zealand: Evidence for their Gondwanan affinities.
