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Heterodontosauridae

Manidens

Generic small ornithischian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Manidens 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic small ornithischian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Manidens
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (179.17–178.07 Mya)
Place
Africa · Argentina · South Africa
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Heterodontosauridae

Manidens is an extinct genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia. It is a sister taxon of the closely related Pegomastax from South Africa. Fossils have been found in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation in Chubut Province, Argentina, considered to be originally dated to the Bajocian, latter were found to be from Toarcian beds.

What we know

  • Named by Pol et al. 2011.
  • Fossils found in Africa and Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Manidens — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.