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Dinosaur: Loricatosaurus priscus
| Length*: | 6 m | 19.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Callovian
Years: 166.1–161.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Maidment et al.
Year: 2008
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom, France
Region: England, Normandy
Formation: Oxford Clay, Unnamed
Locations
Sources
Material: Two partial skeletons.
References: Maidment, S.C.R., Norman, D.B., Barrett, P.M., & Upchurch, P. (2008) "Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)".
