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Dinosaur: Suchosaurus girardi
| Length*: | 9.3 m | 30.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.7 t | 3,748 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Early Barremian
Years: 125.8–121.4 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Sauvage
Year: 1898
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Portugal
Region: Setúbal
Formation: Papo Seco
Sources
Material: Dentary fragments, teeth, referred partial skeleton (left dentary, two teeth, vertebrae, ribs, right scapula, right pubic shaft and other fragments).
References: Mateus, Araujo, Natario and Castanhinha, (2011). A new specimen of the theropod dinosaur Baryonyx from the early Cretaceous of Portugal and taxonomic validity of Suchosaurus.
