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Dinosaur: Eotrachodon orientalis
| Length*: | 4.9 m | 16.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 640 kg | 1,411 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Latest Santonian
Years: 86.3–83.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Prieto-Márquez et al.
Year: 2016
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Alabama
Formation: Mooreville Chalk
Locations
Sources
Material: Almost complete skull, vertebrae, partial left pubis, partial left ischium, partial right tibia and two manual phalanges.
References: Prieto-Márquez, A., Erickson, G.M. & Ebersole, J.A. (2016) A primitive hadrosaurid from southeastern North America and the origin and early evolution of 'duck-billed' dinosaurs.
