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Dinosaur: Beipiaognathus jii
Cretaceous: 125.8–113 Ma

Length*: | 1.6 m | 5.2 ft |
Weight*: | 2.8 kg | 6 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Hu et al.
Year: 2016
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian
Sources
Material: Nearly complete skeleton with skull.
References: Hu, Y; Wang, X; Huang, J (2016). "A new species of compsognathid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China".
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