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Dinosaur: Stegouros elengassen
| Length*: | 1.55 m | 5.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 35 kg | 77 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Soto-Acuña et al.
Year: 2021
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Chile
Region: Magallanes
Formation: Dorotea
Locations
Sources
Material: A mostly complete skeleton with incomplete skull.
References: Soto-Acuña, Sergio; Vargas, Alexander; Kaluza, Jonatan; Leppe, Marcelo; Botelho, Joao; Palma-Liberona, José; Gutstein, Carolina; Fernández, Roy et al. (2021). Bizarre tail weaponry in a transitional ankylosaur from subantarctic Chile.
