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Mantellisaurus Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis (Hooley 1925)
/mˌæntɪlɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 143.1–119.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Portugal
Regions
England · Valenciana · Nordrhein-Westphalen · Aragón
Formations
Wessex · Arcillas de Morella · Vectis · Weald Clay
Dig sites
10
distinct collections
Overview
Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 143.1–119.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom and elsewhere. It was named by (Hooley 1925). The species is represented by 13 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~41%
well attested
Based on 13 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis sits in deep time
Mantellisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.