Dinosaur: Lophorhothon atopus
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Length*: | 4.9 m | 16.1 ft |
Weight*: | 470 kg | 1,036 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Latest Santonian-Early Campanian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Langston
Year: 1960
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Alabama,
North Carolina
Formation: Mooreville Chalk,
Black Creek
Other
Material: Partial skeleton with skull. Referred at least 1 (3?) individual.
References: Eberth & Evans (2014) Hadrosaurs.
Gates, Terry; Lamb, James (2021). "Redescription of Lophorhothon atopus (Ornithopoda: Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama based on new material".
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