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Dinosaur: "Biscoveosaurus"
| Length*: | 4.5 m | 14.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 150 kg | 331 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: nomen nudum
Author: Stilwell & Long
Year: 2011
Distribution
Area: Antarctica
Region: Vega Island
Formation: Snow Hill Island
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton.
References: Lamanna et al. (2019). Late Cretaceous non-avian dinosaurs from the James Ross Basin, Antarctica: description of new material, updated synthesis, biostratigraphy, and paleobiogeography.
