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Dinosaur: Machairoceratops cronusi
| Length*: | 3.9 m | 12.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 700 kg | 1,543 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early-Middle Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Lund et al.
Year: 2016
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Utah
Formation: Wahweap
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skull.
References: Eric K. Lund et al. (2016). "A New Centrosaurine Ceratopsid, Machairoceratops cronusi gen et sp. nov., from the Upper Sand Member of the Wahweap Formation (Middle Campanian), Southern Utah".
