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Dinosaur: Turanoceratops tardabilis
Cretaceous: 93.9–89.8 Ma

Length*: | 2.8 m | 9.2 ft |
Weight*: | 250 kg | 551 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian
Years: 93.9–89.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Nessov et al.
Year: 1989
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Uzbekistan
Region: Bukhara
Formation: Bissekty
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete left maxilla, referred several fragments.
References: Sues, H.-D., & Averianov, A. (2009). Turanoceratops tardabilis—the first ceratopsid dinosaur from Asia.
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