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Dinosaur: Hypsibema crassicauda
Cretaceous: 83.6–72.1 Ma

Length*: | 14 m | 45.9 ft |
Weight*: | 11 t | 24,251 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Cope
Year: 1869
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: North Carolina
Formation: Tar Heel
Sources
Material: Caudal, distal end of the humerus, the tibial shaft, and metatarsal II, other fragments ?
References: Lull, R.S. i Wrigh, N.E. (1942) "Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America".
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