Gideonmantellia
Field photograph to come
Gideonmantellia
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- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hypsilophodontidae
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2012
Field notes
About Gideonmantellia
Gideonmantellia was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hypsilophodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Gideonmantellia, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Camarillas Formation. It was named by Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hypsilophodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, and G. CUenca-Bescós, P. Cruzado-Caballero, J. M. Gasca, M. Moreno-Azanza. 2012. A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Barremian of Galve, Spain. Comptes Rendus Palevol 11:435-444