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Dinosaur: Nipponosaurus sachalinensis
| Length*: | 4.15 m | 13.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 340 kg | 750 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Santonian-Early Campanian
Years: 86.3–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Nagao
Year: 1936
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Russia
Region: Sakhalin
Formation: Ryugase Group
Locations
Sources
Material: Skull and large part of skeleton (immature).
References: Suzuki, D., Weishampel, D. B., & Minoura, N. (2004). Nipponosaurus sachalinensis (Dinosauria; Ornithopoda): anatomy and systematic position within Hadrosauridae.
