Dinosaur: Vulcanodon karibaensis
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Length*: | 11 m | 36.1 ft |
Weight*: | 4.3 tons | 9,480 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Sinemurian-Pliensbachian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Raath
Year: 1972
Area: Africa
Country: Zimbabwe
Region: Mashonaland West
Formation: Forest Sandstone
Other
Material: Partial skeleton (vertebrae, limb bones and other fragments) without skull. Scapula ? and other fragments ?
References: Cooper, Michael R. (1984). "A reassessment of Vulcanodon karibaensis Raath (Dinosauria: Saurischia) and the origin of the Sauropoda".
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