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Dinosaur: Tarascosaurus salluvicus
| Length*: | 3.1 m | 10.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 90 kg | 198 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Le Loeuff & Buffetaut
Year: 1991
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: France
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Formation: "Fuvelian Beds"
Locations
Sources
Material: Proximal femur. Referred 2 dorsal vertebrae and caudal centrum ?
References: Le Loeuff and Buffetaut, (1991). Tarascosaurus salluvicus nov. gen., nov. sp., theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France.
