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Dinosaur: Tratayenia rosalesi
| Length*: | 7.3 m | 24.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 900 kg | 1,984 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Years: 86.3–83.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Porfiri et al.
Year: 2018
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Bajo de la Carpa
Locations
Sources
Material: Dorsal vertebrae, rib fragments, incomplete sacrum, partial ilium, distal pubic fragment and partial ischium.
References: Porfiri, Juan D; Juárez Valieri, Rubén D; Santos, Domenica D.D; Lamanna, Matthew C (2018). "A new megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northwestern Patagonia".
