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Dinosaur: Niobrarasaurus coleii
| Length*: | 4.9 m | 16.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 1000 kg | 2,205 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Coniacian-Early Santonian
Years: 89.8–83.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Carpenter et al.
Year: 1995
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Kansas
Formation: Niobrara
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton with incomplete skull, referred right ulna and radius.
References: Carpenter, K., D. Dilkes, and D. B. Weishampel. (1995). The dinosaurs of the Niobrara Chalk Formation (upper Cretaceous, Kansas).
