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Dinosaur: Shingopana songwensis
| Length*: | 11.9 m | 39.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 3.9 t | 8,598 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Details
Status: valid
Author: Gorscak et al.
Year: 2017
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Tanzania
Region: Songwe
Formation: Galula
Locations
Sources
Material: Left angular, cervical vertebrae, partial cervical ribs, partial dorsal ribs, left humerus, and partial left pubis.
References: Gorscak, E., O’Connor, P.M., Roberts, E.M., Stevens, N.J. (2017). The second titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania, with remarks on African titanosaurian diversity.
