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beaked plant-eater
Anabisetia
Say it like this: “AH-nuh-bee-SET-ee-uh”
Anabisetia saldiviai
Anabisetia ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2002 · Coria, R. A.; Calvo, J. O.
- Hip height
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 20 kg · 44 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Cerro Lisandro
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Elasmaria
The story in short
Anabisetia was formally named in 2002 by R. A. Coria and J. O. Calvo. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cerro Lisandro Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Anabisetia at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.6 m high, and a body mass around 20 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Elasmaria, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian · Albian) · roughly 125.8 to 100.5 million years ago
Chakisaurus
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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Diluvicursor
Diluvicursor pickeringi
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago