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Dinosaur: Stenonychosaurus inequalis
| Length*: | 2.9 m | 9.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 60 kg | 132 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Sternberg
Year: 1932
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Dinosaur Park
Locations
Sources
Material: 6 caudal vertebrae, limb bones. Referred frontoparietal complex and partial braincase.
References: Van der Reest, A. J., & Currie, P. J. (2017). Troodontids (Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, with a description of a unique new taxon: implications for deinonychosaur diversity in North America.
