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armored dinosaur · Disputed
Minmi
Say it like this: “MIN-mee”
Minmi paravertebrata
Minmi ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1980 · Molnar, R. E.
- Hip height
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Weight
- 300 kg · 661 lb
- Found in
- Australia · Bungil
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosauria
The story in short
The genus Minmi dates to 1980, the year R. E. Molnar described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Minmi date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Bungil Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Minmi at a length near 3 m, hips about 0.8 m high, and a body mass around 300 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ankylosauria, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acanthopholis
Acanthopholis horrida
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Ahshislepelta
Ahshislepelta minor
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Crichtonsaurus
Crichtonsaurus bohlini
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago