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Dinosaur: Qianjiangsaurus changshengi
| Length*: | 8.3 m | 27.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.7 t | 5,952 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Years: 83-72 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Dai et al.
Year: 2024
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Chongqing
Formation: Zhengyang
Locations
Sources
Material: Predentary, left dentary, 4 dorsal vertebrae, sacrum, caudals with chevrons, ilium, pubis, ischia, femur, tibiae, astragalus and metatarsals.
References: Dai, Hui; Ma, Qingyu; Xiong, Can; Lin, Yu; Zeng, Hui; Tan, Chao; Wang, Jun; Zhang, Yuguang; Xing, Hai (2024). "A new late-diverging non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from southwest China: support for interchange of dinosaur faunas across East Asia during the Late Cretaceous".
