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Dinosaur: Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis
| Length*: | 2.5 m | 8.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 50 kg | 110 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Brown, Boyd & Russell
Year: 2011
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Saskatchewan
Formation: Frenchman
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skull and large part of skeleton.
References: Brown; C.M., Boyd, C.A. & Russell, A.P (2011). "A new basal ornithopod dinosaur (Frenchman Formation, Saskatchewan, Canada), and implications for late Maastrichtian ornithischian diversity in North America".
