Sasayamagnomus saegusai Sasayamagnomus
"gnome from Sasayama"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sasayamagnomus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (112.1 Mya)
- Place
- Japan
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Sasayamagnomus (meaning “gnome from Sasayama”) is an extinct genus of neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age) Ohyamashimo Formation of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The genus contains a single species, Sasayamagnomus saegusai. The holotype individual is estimated to reach 80 cm long, although this specimen is not fully grown.
What we know
- Named by Tanaka et al., 2024.
- Fossils found in Japan.