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Crichtonpelta benxiensis

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Dinosaur: Crichtonpelta benxiensis

Cretaceous: 113–100.5 Ma
Type: Ankylosaur

Length*:4.1 m13.5 ft
Weight*:600 kg1,323 lb
ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Asia

Area: Asia


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian
Years: 113–100.5 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Arbour & Currie
Year: 2016

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Sunjiawan


Locations


Sources

Material: Nearly complete skull, referred an incomplete skeleton without skull and another skull.
References: Arbour, V. M., & Currie, P. J. (2016). Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs.

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