MANIDENS
a fanged heterodontosaurid ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Argentina
Pronunciation: man-EYE-denz
Meaning: Hand tooth
Author/s: Pol
et al. (
2011)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Chubut, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #771
Manidens condorensis
(Hand tooth from Cerror Condor)Etymology
Manidens is derived from Latin "manus" (hand) and "dens" (tooth), in reference to the hand-shaped form of the teeth in the back of its lower jaw.
The
species epithet,
condorensis, means "from Cerro CondoR" in Latin, in reference to the village of Cerro Cóndor, located near the Queso Rallado site where the specimen was found.
Discovery
Manidens was discovered at the Queso Rallado locality within the Cañadón Asfalto Formation, 2.3 km west of the village of Cerro Cóndor, Chubut Province, Argentina, by zoologist Guillermo Rougier.
The
holotype (MPEF-PV 3211) is a partial skeleton with skull and lower jaws, including the axial column except most of the tail, a left shoulder girdle, and an almost complete pelvis. The specimens MPEF-PV 1719, 1786, 1718, 3810, 3811, representing isolated teeth from the same area as the holotype, are also referred to
Manidens.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Toarcian
Age range: 179-178 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 0.8 meters
Est. max. hip height: 0.3 meters
Est. max. weight: 2 Kg
Diet: Herbivore
• Pol D, Rauhut OWM and Becerra MG (2011) "
A Middle Jurassic heterodontosaurid dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of heterodontosaurids".
Naturwissenschaften, 98: 369–379. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0780-5.
• Sereno PC (2012) "
Taxonomy, morphology, masticatory function and phylogeny of heterodontosaurid dinosaurs".
ZooKeys, 226: 1–225. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.226.2840.
• Becerra MG, Pol D, Marsicano C and Rauhut OWM (2013) "The dentition of
Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia; Heterodontosauridae) from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Patagonia: morphology, heterodonty and the use of statistical methods for identifying isolated teeth".
Historical Biology. 26(4): 480–492. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2013.794227.
• Becerra MG, Pol D, Rauhut OWM and Cerda IA (2016) "New heterodontosaurid remains from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation: cursoriality and the functional importance of the pes in small heterodontosaurids".
Journal of Paleontology, 90 (3): 555–577. DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2016.24.
• Paul GS (2016) "
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs: Second Edition".
• Becerra MG, Pol D, Whitlock JA and Porro LB (2020) "Tooth replacement in
Manidens condorensis: baseline study to address the replacement pattern in dentitions of early ornithischians".
Papers in Palaeontology, 7(2): 1167–1193. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1337.
• Becerra MG, Pol D, Porro LB, Paulina-Carabajal A and Rauhut OWM (2023) "Craniomandibular osteology of
Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia: Heterodontosauridae) from the upper Lower Jurassic of Argentina".
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2181087. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2023.2181087.
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