Dinosaur: Datousaurus bashanensis
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Length*: | 13.9 m | 45.6 ft |
Weight*: | 10 tons | 22,046 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Bathonian-Callovian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Dong & Tang
Year: 1984
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Sichuan
Formation: Lower Shaximiao
Other
Material: Large part of skeleton with skull. Referred jaw bone and other material ?
References: Dong, Z. & Tang, Z. (1984) Note on a new Mid-Jurassic sauropod (Datousaurus bashanensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Sichuan Basin, China.
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