Gideonmantellia Gideonmantellia

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gideonmantellia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Spain
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hypsilophodontidae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda

Gideonmantellia is an extinct genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian stage) Camarillas Formation of Galve, Province of Teruel, Spain. It contains a single species, Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae.

What we know

  • Named by Ruiz-Omeñaca et al., 2012.
  • Fossils found in Spain.