Aliwalia
"Aliwal North (in South Africa) one"
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CLASSIFICATION

Aliwalia Galton, 1985
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • A. rex Galton, 1985 "king Aliwal North (in South Africa) one"
 
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda

see also: Genus Index, Classification

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: ?12 m MASS: ?1.5 tonnes

see also: World Records

TIME

late Carnian to early Norian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

S. Africa

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Although Aliwalia remains are far from complete, they seem to indicate that this creature was the first really large predatory dinosaur, possibly on the same scale as some carnosaurs. It was fairly primitive, but perhaps somewhat more advanced than Herrerasaurus.

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