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Dinosaur: Yamatosaurus izanagii
| Length*: | 7.6 m | 24.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 1.7 t | 3,748 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Kobayashi et al.
Year: 2021
Distribution
Locations
Sources
Material: Right dentary, right surangular, teeth, 4 cervical vertebrae, distal caudal vertebra, 3 cervical ribs and coracoid.
References: Kobayashi, Y.; Takasaki, R.; Kubota, K.; Fiorillo, A. R. (2021). "A new basal hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the latest Cretaceous Kita-ama Formation in Japan implies the origin of hadrosaurids".
