Genus
Valid Extinct

Gideonmantellia

Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2012

Gideonmantellia is an extinct genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Camarillas Formation of Galve, Province of Teruel, Spain. It contains a single species, Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Gideonmantellia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Hypsilophodontidae Family
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Gideonmantellia Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Camarillas
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, and G. CUenca-Bescós, P. Cruzado-Caballero, J. M. Gasca, M. Moreno-Azanza. 2012. A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Barremian of Galve, Spain. Comptes Rendus Palevol 11:435-444 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I. Canudo, and G. CUenca-Bescós, P. Cruzado-Caballero, J. M. Gasca, M. Moreno-Azanza. 2012. A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Barremian of Galve, Spain. Comptes Rendus Palevol 11:435-444 DOI ↗