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Dinosaur: Jaxartosaurus aralensis
| Length*: | 5 m | 16.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 600 kg | 1,323 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Years: 86.3–83.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Riabinin
Year: 1937
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Kazakhstan
Formation: Syuksyuk
Locations
Sources
Material: Fragment of skull and a few postcranial elements (lost).
References: Godefroit P, Bolotsky Y L and Van Itterbeeck J (2004) "Remarks on the phylogenetic position of Jaxartosaurus aralensis" in "The lambeosaurine dinosaur Amurosaurus riabinini, from the Maastrichtian of Far Eastern Russia".
