AsiaDinosauriaEarly CretaceousEurypodaGenasauriaOrnithischiaStegosauriaStegosauridaeThyreophora

Monkonosaurus lawulacus 

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Dinosaur: Monkonosaurus lawulacus 

Type: Stegosaur

Length*:5.7 m18.7 ft
Weight*:1.4 t3,086 lb
ESR: 1 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Asia

Area: Asia


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous

Details

Status: nomen dubium
Author: Zhao (Dong)
Year: 1983 (1990)

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Tibet
Formation: Lura

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Thyreophora
Eurypoda
Stegosauria
Stegosauridae


Sources

Material: Two partial vertebrae, three dermal plates and a complete ilio-sacral block.
References: MAIDMENT, S. C. R., & WEI, G. (2006). A review of the Late Jurassic stegosaurs (Dinosauria, Stegosauria) from the People’s Republic of China.

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