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Dinosaur: Shaochilong maortuensis
Cretaceous: 93.9–89.8 Ma
| Length*: | 5.4 m | 17.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 520 kg | 1,146 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian
Years: 93.9–89.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Brusatte et al.
Year: 2009
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Inner Mongolia
Formation: Ulansuhai
Locations
Sources
Material: Skull fragments, incomplete axis and 6 caudal vertebrae ?
References: Brusatte, Chure, Benson and Xu, (2010). The osteology of Shaochilong maortuensis, a carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Asia.
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