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Dinosaur: Bactrosaurus johnsoni
| Length*: | 6.3 m | 20.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Gilmore
Year: 1933
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Inner Mongolia
Formation: Iren Dabasu
Locations
Sources
Material: At least over a dozen individuals.
References: PRIETO-MÁRQUEZ, A. (2011). Cranial and appendicular ontogeny of Bactrosaurus johnsoni, a hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of northern China.
