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Dinosaur: Shanxia tianzhenensis

Length*: | 4.4 m | 14.4 ft |
Weight*: | 900 kg | 1,984 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Details
Status: S > Saichania chulsanensis
Author: Barrett et al.
Year: 1998
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Shanxi
Formation: Huiquanpu
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton with fragmentary skull.
References: Barrett, P. M., Hailu, Y., Upchurch, P., & Burton, A. C. (1998). A new ankylosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, People’s Republic of China.
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