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Dinosaur: Acantholipan gonzalezi
| Length*: | 5.7 m | 18.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.4 t | 3,086 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Years: 86.3–83.6 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Rivera-Sylva et al.
Year: 2018
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Mexico
Region: Coahuila
Formation: Pen
Locations
Sources
Material: Dorsal vertebra, caudal vertebra, rib fragment, left humerus fragment, left ulna, left femur fragment, thoracic osteodermal spine.
References: Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva; Eberhard Frey; Wolfgang Stinnesbeck; Gerardo Carbot-Chanona; Iván E. Sanchez-Uribe; José Rubén Guzmán-Gutiérrez (2018). "Paleodiversity of Late Cretaceous Ankylosauria from Mexico and their phylogenetic significance".
