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Dinosaur: Mercuriceratops gemini
| Length*: | 5.2 m | 17.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.5 t | 3,307 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Ryan, Evans, Currie & Loewen
Year: 2014
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA, Canada
Region: Montana, Alberta
Formation: Judith River, Dinosaur Park
Sources
Material: Right squamosal, referred incomplete right squamosal.
References: Ryan, M.J., Evans, D.C., Currie, P.J. & Loewen, M.A. (2014) "A new chasmosaurine from northern Laramidia expands frill disparity in ceratopsid dinosaurs".
