Sasayamagnomus
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Sasayamagnomus
DV-1254 · type species Sasayamagnomus saegusai
- Lived
- 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians
- Found in
- Japan
- Named by
- Tanaka et al. 2024
Field notes
About Sasayamagnomus
Sasayamagnomus was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sasayamagnomus, from Japan. Its fossils come from the Ohyamashimo Formation. It was named by Tanaka et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Neoceratopsia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. Tanaka, K. Chiba, and T. Ikeda, M. J. Ryan. 2024. A new neoceratopsian (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation (Albian), southwestern Japan. Papers in Palaeontology (e1587):1-30