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Dinosaur: Dilong paradoxus
Cretaceous: 125.8–113 Ma
| Length*: | 1.8 m | 5.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 15 kg | 33 lb |
| Speed: | 40 km/h | 25 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Xu et al.
Year: 2004
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian
Locations
Sources
Material: Three (or two ?) partial skeletons with skulls and partial skull.
References: Xu, Norell, Kuang, Wang, Zhao and Jia, (2004). Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids.
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