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Dinosaur: Triceratops maximus
Cretaceous: 72.1–66 Ma
| Length*: | 9.2 m | 30.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 10.7 t | 23,589 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Brown
Year: 1933
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Montana
Formation: Hell Creek
Sources
Material: 5 cervical vertebrae, 3 dorsal vertebrae and cervical ribs.
References: B. Brown. (1933). A gigantic ceratopsian dinosaur, Triceratops maximus, new species.
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