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Dinosaur: Turiasaurus riodevensis
| Length*: | 21 m | 68.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 30 t | 66,139 lb |
| Speed: | 24 km/h | 15 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian
Years: 154.8–145 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Royo-Torres, Cobos & Alcalá
Year: 2006
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Spain
Region: Aragon
Formation: Villar del Arzobispo
Locations
Sources
Material: Left forelimb, skull, vertebrae, sacrum, hindlimb bones and other fragments.
References: Royo-Torres R. & Upchurch, P. (2012) "The cranial anatomy of the sauropod Turiasaurus riodevensis and implications for its phylogenetic relationships".
