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Dinosaur: Linhevenator tani

Length*: | 2.05 m | 6.7 ft |
Weight*: | 21 kg | 46 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Xu, Tan, Sullivan, Han & Xiao
Year: 2011
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Inner Mongolia
Formation: Bayan Mandahu
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull and partial skeleton.
References: Xu, X., Tan, Q., Sullivan, C., Han, F., Xiao, D. (2011) “A short-armed troodontid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and its implications for troodontid evolution”.