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Dinosaur: Kosmoceratops richardsoni

Length*: | 4.7 m | 15.4 ft |
Weight*: | 1.1 t | 2,425 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Sampson et al.
Year: 2010
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Utah
Formation: Kaiparowits
Locations
Sources
Material: At least two partial skeletons with skulls.
References: Gale (2013). Bone histology and growth of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs from the late Campanian Kaiparowits Formation, Southern Utah.