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Dinosaur: Torosaurus utahensis
| Length*: | 6 m | 19.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 3 t | 6,614 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Lawson
Year: 1976
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Utah
Formation: North Horn
Locations
Sources
Material: Incomplete skull, referred at least several individuals ? (problematic).
References: Sullivan, R.M., Boere, A.C. & Lucas, S.G. (2005) "Redescription of the ceratopsid dinosaur Torosaurus utahensis (Gilmore, 1946) and a revision of the genus".
