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Dinosaur: Aletopelta coombsi
| Length*: | 5.6 m | 18.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ford & Kirkland
Year: 2001
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: California
Formation: Point Loma
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton- eight teeth, limb bones, fragmentary scapulae, right ischium ?, vertebrae, fragmentary ribs, osteoderms and other bones.
References: Arbour, Victoria M.; Currie, Philip J. (2016). "Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs".
