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Dinosaur: Zapsalis abradens
| Length*: | 2 m | 6.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 20 kg | 44 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian, Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Cope
Year: 1876
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA, Canada
Region: Montana, Alberta, South Dakota, Wyoming
Formation: Judith River, Dinosaur Park, Horseshoe Canyon, Scollard, Hell Creek, Lance
Sources
Material: Teeth.
References: Cope, (1876). On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills Beds of Montana.
Currie, P. J., & Evans, D. C. (2019). Cranial Anatomy of New Specimens of Saurornitholestes langstoni (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta.
Mortimer - Theropod database (online).
