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Dinosaur: Tanycolagreus topwilsoni
| Length*: | 4.8 m | 15.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 280 kg | 617 lb |
| Speed: | 39 km/h | 24 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Carpenter, Miles & Cloward
Year: 2005
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Wyoming, Utah, Colorado
Formation: Morrison
Locations
Sources
Material: Large part of skeleton with partial skull, referred premaxilla and distal pubes ?
References: Carpenter, Miles & Cloward, (2005). New small theropod from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming.Mortimer - Theropod database (online).
