Manidens

Man-e-dens.
By Emerson Winslow
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Emerson Winslow

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Winslow, E. (2016, February 16). Manidens. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/manidens/

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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.

Diet

Omnivore‭?

Species

M.‭ ‬condorensis‭

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.

In Depth

       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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