Manidens
Field photograph to come
Manidens
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- Lived
- 184 to 171 million years ago, Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Heterodontosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Pol et al. 2011
Field notes
About Manidens
Manidens was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, 184 to 171 million years ago. It belongs to the family Heterodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Manidens, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was named by Pol et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
180 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Heterodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. Pol, O. W. M. Rauhut, and M. Becerra. 2011. A Middle Jurassic heterodontosaurid dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of heterodontosaurids. Naturwissenschaften 98:369-379