Talenkauen santacrucensis
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Dinosaur: Talenkauen santacrucensis
| Length*: | 4.8 m | 15.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 180 kg | 397 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Novas, Cambiaso & Ambrosio
Year: 2004
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Santa Cruz
Formation: Cerro Fortaleza
Locations
Sources
Material: Large part of skeleton with incomplete skull.
References: Rozadilla, S., Agnolín, F. L., & Novas, F. E. (2019). Osteology of the Patagonian ornithopod Talenkauen santacrucensis (Dinosauria, Ornithischia).
