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Dinosaur: Pentaceratops fenestratus
| Length*: | 5.6 m | 18.4 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.1 t | 4,630 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium /S > Pentaceratops sternbergii
Author: Wiman
Year: 1930
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: New Mexico
Formation: Kirtland
Sources
Material: Almost complete skull.
References: Denver Warwick Fowler & Elizabeth A. Freedman Fowler (2020). "Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico".
