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Dinosaur: Sinocalliopteryx gigas
Cretaceous: 125.8–113 Ma
| Length*: | 3.5 m | 11.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 48 kg | 106 lb |
| Speed: | 48 km/h | 30 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ji, Ji, Lü & Yuan
Year: 2007
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian
Locations
Sources
Material: 2 skeletons with skulls and feathers.
References: Ji, Ji, Lu & Yuan, (2007). A new giant compsognathid dinosaur with long filamentous integuments from Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern China.
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