Sasayamagnomus

Sasayamagnomus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 112.1 Ma
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Sasayamagnomus saegusai
Tanaka et al., 2024

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]

  1. ^ Tanaka, Tomonori; Chiba, Kentaro; Ikeda, Tadahiro; Ryan, Michael J. (September 2024). "A new neoceratopsian (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation (Albian), southwestern Japan". Papers in Palaeontology. 10 (5). doi:10.1002/spp2.1587.
  2. ^ "兵庫県で発見の角竜類の化石 新属新種と確認 | お知らせ・トピックス". 岡山理科大学 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-04.