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Dinosaur: Eotriceratops xerinsularis
| Length*: | 8.4 m | 27.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 8.2 t | 18,078 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Wu et al.
Year: 2007
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Horseshoe Canyon
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull, vertebrae, ribs, and fragments of ossified ligaments.
References: Wu, X., Brinkman, D. B., Eberth, D. A., & Braman, D. R. (2007). A new ceratopsid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the uppermost Horseshoe Canyon Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Alberta, Canada.
