Manidens

Manidens is an extinct genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia. It is a sister taxon of the closely related Pegomastax from South Africa. Fossils have been found in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation in Chubut Province, Argentina, dating to the Toarcian.

Manidens
Temporal range:
Middle Toarcian
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Skull reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Family: Heterodontosauridae
Subfamily: Heterodontosaurinae
Genus: Manidens
Pol et al. 2011
Type species
Manidens condorensis
Pol et al. 2011
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