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Dinosaur: Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis
| Length*: | 6.3 m | 20.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Years: 86.3–83.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ramírez-Velasco et al.
Year: 2012
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Mexico
Region: Michoacán
Formation: Cutzamala
Locations
Sources
Material: Two fragmentary skeletons (with skull fragments).
References: Ramírez-Velasco, A.A., Benammi, M., Prieto-Márquez, A., Ortega, J.A. & Hernández-Rivera, R., (2012). Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis, a new hadrosauroid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Michoacán, Mexico.
