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Dinosaur: Hierosaurus sternbergi
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Coniacian
Years: 89.8–86.3 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Wieland
Year: 1909
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Kansas
Formation: Niobrara
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skull, scutes, rib fragments, phalanges and vertebrae.
References: Carpenter, K., Dilkes, D., & Weishampel, D. B. (1995). The Dinosaurs of the Niobrara Chalk Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Kansas).
