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Dinosaur: Zhuchengceratops inexpectus
| Length*: | 2.7 m | 8.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 220 kg | 485 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Xu et al.
Year: 2010
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Shandong
Formation: Xingezhuang
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skull, 14 presacral vertebrae, ribs and some additional fragments.
References: Xing Xu; Kebai Wang; Xijin Zhao; Corwin Sullivan; Shuqing Chen (2010). "A New Leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China and Its Implications for Neoceratopsian Evolution".
