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Dinosaur: Kamuysaurus japonicus
| Length*: | 8 m | 26.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.2 t | 4,850 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Kobayashi et al.
Year: 2019
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Japan
Region: Hokkaido
Formation: Hakobuchi
Locations
Sources
Material: Nearly complete skeleton with skull.
References: Kobayashi et al. (2019). "A New Hadrosaurine (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Marine Deposits of the Late Cretaceous Hakobuchi Formation, Yezo Group, Japan".
