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Dinosaur: Chaoyangsaurus youngi
| Length*: | 100 cm | 3.3 ft |
| Weight*: | 6 kg | 13 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous
Stage: Tithonian-Berriasian
Years: 149.2–139.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Zhao, Cheng & Xu
Year: 1999
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Tuchengzi
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull and very fragmentary skeleton.
References: Xijin, Z., Zhengwu, C., & Xing, X. (1999). The earliest ceratopsian from the Tuchengzi Formation of Liaoning, China.
