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Dinosaur: Rukwatitan bisepultus
| Length*: | 16.2 m | 53.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 8 t | 17,637 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Details
Status: valid
Author: Gorscak et al.
Year: 2014
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Tanzania
Region: Songwe
Formation: Galula
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, ribs, partial scapula, partial coracoids and other fragments). Referred humerus.
References: Gorscak, E., O’Connor, P. M., Stevens, N. J., & Roberts, E. M. (2014). The basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania.
