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Dinosaur: Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus
| Length*: | 4.3 m | 14.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 700 kg | 1,543 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Parks
Year: 1924
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Dinosaur Park
Locations
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skull, complete caudal series of vertebrae including tail club, ribs, pelvis, hind limb including pes, osteoderms, referred partial tail club.
References: Arbour, V. M., & Currie, P. J. (2015). Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs.
