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Dinosaur: Bolong yixianensis
| Length*: | 4 m | 13.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 280 kg | 617 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Wu et al.
Year: 2010
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning, Inner Mongolia
Formation: Yixian
Locations
Sources
Material: Two almost complete skeletons.
References: Wu Wen-hao; Pascal Godefroit; Hu Dong-yu (2010). "Bolong yixianensis gen. et sp. nov.: A new Iguanodontoid dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China".
Zheng; Wenjie; Jin; Xingsheng; Shibata; Masteru; Azuma & Yoichi (2013). "An early juvenile specimen of Bolong yixianensis (Ornithopoda:Iguanodontia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Ningcheng County, Nei Mongol, China".
