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Dinosaur: Jainosaurus septentrionalis
| Length*: | 20 m | 65.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 18 t | 39,683 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Hunt, Lockley, Lucas & Meyer
Year: 1995
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: India, Pakistan
Region: Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Balochistan
Formation: Lameta, Vitakri
Locations
Sources
Material: Skull fragments, referred many other fragments.
References: Wilson, J.A., D'Emic, M.D., Curry Rogers, K.A., Mohabey, D.M., Sen, S. (2009). Reassessment of Sauropod Dinosaur Jainosaurus (="Antarctosaurus") septentrionalis from the Upper Cretaceous of India.
Wilson, J.A., Barrett, P.M., Carrano, M.T. (2011). An associated partial skeleton of Jainosaurus cf. septentrionalis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Chhota Simla, central India.
