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Dinosaur: Sauroniops pachytholus
| Length*: | 12.8 m | 42.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 7.9 t | 17,416 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian
Years: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Details
Status: S > Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
Author: Cau, Dalla Vecchia & Fabbri
Year: 2013
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Morocco
Region: Meknès-Tafilalet
Formation: Kem Kem Beds
Sources
Material: Left frontal.
References: Cau, Andrea; Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M.; Fabbri, Matteo (2013). "A thick-skulled theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco with implications for carcharodontosaurid cranial evolution".
