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Dinosaur: Wannanosaurus yansiensis
Cretaceous: 83.6–66 Ma

Length*: | 85 cm | 2.8 ft |
Weight*: | 3 kg | 7 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Hou
Year: 1977
Distribution
Locations
Sources
Material: 2 partial skeletons.
References: Hou Lian-Hai (1977). "A new primitive Pachycephalosauria from Anhui, China. It is the second smallest dinosaur in world after microceratops".
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