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Dinosaur: Erlikosaurus andrewsi
| Length*: | 3.55 m | 11.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 280 kg | 617 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Years: 86.3–83.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Barsbold & Perle
Year: 1980
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Mongolia
Region: Ömnögovi
Formation: Bayan Shireh
Locations
Sources
Material: Nearly complete skull with mandible, several fragmentary cervical vertebrae, left humerus, articulated right pes missing proximal ends of two metatarsals.
References: Zanno, L. E. (2010). A taxonomic and phylogenetic re-evaluation of Therizinosauria (Dinosauria: Maniraptora).
