Sasayamagnomus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
Clade: | †Neoceratopsia |
Genus: | †Sasayamagnomus Tanaka et al., 2024 |
Species: | †S. saegusai
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Binomial name | |
†Sasayamagnomus saegusai Tanaka et al., 2024
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Sasayamagnomus (meaning "Gnome from Sasayama") is a genus of neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Ohyamashimo Formation of Hyogo prefecture, Japan. The genus contains a single species, S. saegusai.[1] Type specimen is estimated to reach 80 centimetres (2.6 ft) long, although this specimen is not fully grown.[2]