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Dinosaur: Tanius sinensis
| Length*: | 7.6 m | 24.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.4 t | 5,291 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Earliest Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Wiman
Year: 1929
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Shandong
Formation: Jiangjunding
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (mostly limb bones) with skull fragments. Referred other fragments ?
References: Borinder, N.H. (2015). "Postcranial Anatomy of Tanius Sinensis Wiman, 1929 (Dinosauria; Hadrosauroidea)".
