Manidens
Name: Manidens
(hand tooth).
Phonetic: Man-e-dens.
Named By: D. Pol, O. W. M. Rauhut
& M. Becerra - 2011.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Heterodontosauridae, Heterodontosaurinae.
Species: M. condorensis
(type).
Diet: Omnivore?
Size: Roughly about 60-75 centimetres long.
Known locations: Argentina - Ca�ad�n Asfalto
Formation.
Time period: Aalenian–Early Bathonian of the
Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post
cranial skeleton.
Manidens is a genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur that lived in Argentina during the Late Cretaceous. As a heterodontosaurid dinosaur, Manidens had a combination of differently formed teeth within the mouth, and for this reason Manidens is often considered to have been omnivorous, however, so far no stomach contents have been identified to confirm this.
Further reading
- A Middle Jurassic heterodontosaurid dinosaur from Patagonia and the
evolution of heterodontosaurids. Naturwissenschaften 98:369-379.
- D. Pol, O. W. M. Rauhut & M. Becerra -
2011.
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