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Dinosaur: Jinyunpelta sinensis
| Length*: | 4.3 m | 14.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 700 kg | 1,543 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
Stage: Albian-Cenomanian
Years: 113–93.9 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Zheng et al.
Year: 2018
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Zhejiang
Formation: Liangtoutang
Locations
Sources
Material: Two partial skeletons (one with skull).
References: Wenjie Zheng; Xingsheng Jin; Yoichi Azuma; Qiongying Wang; Kazunori Miyata; Xing Xu (2018). "The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian–Cenomanian of China, with implications for the evolution of the tail club".
