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bird-hipped dinosaur
Manidens
Say it like this: “man-EYE-denz”
Manidens condorensis
Manidens ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Pol, D.; Rauhut, O. W. M.; Becerra, M.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Weight
- 1 kg · 2 lb
- Found in
- Argentina · Cañadón Asfalto
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Heterodontosaurinae
The story in short
In 2011, D. Pol and colleagues published the name Manidens.
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Toarcian), roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Manidens at a length near 0.6 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 1 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Heterodontosaurinae, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abrictosaurus
Abrictosaurus consors
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Heterodontosaurus
Heterodontosaurus tucki
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Lycorhinus
Lycorhinus angustidens
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago