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Dinosaur: Velafrons coahuilensis
Cretaceous: 83.6–72.1 Ma
| Length*: | 6.5 m | 21.3 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.8 t | 3,968 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Gates et al.
Year: 2007
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Mexico
Region: Coahuila
Formation: Cerro del Pueblo
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skull and partial postcrania.
References: Gates et al. (2007). Velafrons coahuilensis, a new lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico.
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