Dinosaur: Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus
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Length*: | 3.6 m | 11.8 ft |
Weight*: | 280 kg | 617 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Campanian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Kobayashi et al.
Year: 2022
Area: Asia
Country: Japan
Region: Hokkaido
Formation: Osoushinai
Other
Material: Partial vertebra and a partial right hand.
References: Kobayashi et al. (2022). "New therizinosaurid dinosaur from the marine Osoushinai Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Japan) provides insight for function and evolution of therizinosaur claws".
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