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beaked plant-eater
Gideonmantellia
Say it like this: “gih-dee-on-man-tell-ee-uh”
Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae
Gideonmantellia ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I.; Canudo, J. I.; Cuenca-Bescós, G.; Cruzado-Caballero, P.; Gasca, J. M.; Moreno-Azanza, M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Spain · Camarillas
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Ornithopoda
The story in short
Gideonmantellia was formally named in 2012 by J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Camarillas Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Gideonmantellia are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Ornithopoda, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Burianosaurus
Burianosaurus augustai
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Changmiania
Changmiania liaoningensis
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Weewarrasaurus
Weewarrasaurus pobeni
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago