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Dinosaur: Caudipteryx dongi
Cretaceous: 125.8–113 Ma
| Length*: | 80 cm | 2.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.3 kg | 5 lb |
| Speed: | 46 km/h | 29 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Zhou & Wang
Year: 2000
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian
Locations
Sources
Material: Majority of skeleton with partial skull.
References: Zhou, Z., Wang, X. (2000). "A new species of Caudipteryx from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, northeast China".
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