Bienosaurus lufengensis
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Dinosaur: Bienosaurus lufengensis
Length*: | 1.5 m | 4.9 ft |
Weight*: | 8 kg | 18 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Sinemurian
Years: 199.3–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Dong
Year: 2001
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Yunnan
Formation: Lower Lufeng
Classification
Sources
Material: Partial right dentary with associated partial frontal and cranial fragments.
References: Raven, T.J., Barrett, P.M., Xu, X., and Maidment, S.C.R. (2019). "A reassessment of the purported ankylosaurian dinosaur Bienosaurus lufengensis from the Lower Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China".