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Dinosaur: Acanthopholis horridus

Length*: | 4.1 m | 13.5 ft |
Weight*: | 500 kg | 1,102 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Albian-Cenomanian
Years: 113–93.9 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Huxley
Year: 1867
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Cambridge Greensand
Sources
Material: Three teeth, basicranium, dorsal vertebra ?, spikes and scutes.
References: Pereda-Suberbiola, X. & Barrett, P.M., (1999), "A systematic review of ankylosaurian dinosaur remains from the Albian-Cenomanian of England".