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Dinosaur: Blikanasaurus cromptoni
| Length*: | 5.4 m | 17.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 420 kg | 926 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Late Norian-Rhaetian
Years: 227–201.4 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Galton & van Heerden
Year: 1985
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape, Free State
Formation: Lower Elliot
Locations
Sources
Material: Epipodium and pes, referred right metatarsal and ilium ?
References: McPhee, B.W., Bordy, E.M., Sciscio, L., Choiniere, J.N. (2017). The sauropodomorph biostratigraphy of the Elliot Formation of southern Africa: Tracking the evolution of Sauropodomorpha across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary.
