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Dinosaur: Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis
| Length*: | 6.9 m | 22.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.85 t | 4,079 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Cruzado-Caballero & Powell
Year: 2017
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Río Negro
Formation: Allen
Locations
Sources
Material: A large part of the skeleton without skull.
References: Cruzado-Caballero, P., & Powell, J. (2017). Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis, a new hadrosaurine dinosaur from South America: implications for phylogenetic and biogeographic relations with North America.
