Magnamanus
Magnamanus was a big, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Spain about 130 million years ago. It had huge hands with a thumb spike and a fifth finger, which helped it grab plants. This dinosaur was as long as a bus and weighed as much as a small car.1
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Magnamanus had a hand that was very wide, with the wrist making up 70% of the hand's length.1
Its thumb had a sharp spike, similar to the famous Iguanodon, which might have been used for defense or digging.1
The name Magnamanus means 'large hand' in Latin, because its hands were big compared to its body.1
This dinosaur lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 million years ago, in a warm, wet environment with rivers and lakes.1
The skeleton of Magnamanus was found scattered over an area of eight square meters, but all bones belonged to one old adult.1
Magnamanus is a styracosternan, a group of plant-eating dinosaurs that includes Iguanodon and its close relatives.1

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Magnamanus
?How big was Magnamanus?
Magnamanus was about 9 to 10 metres long and weighed around 3 tonnes, about the size of a bus and as heavy as a large elephant.1
?What did Magnamanus eat?
Magnamanus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It used its big hands and thumb spike to grab and pull plants.1
?Why is it called Magnamanus?
The name Magnamanus means 'large hand' in Latin, because its hands were big compared to its body.1
?Where was Magnamanus found?
Magnamanus was found in the Golmayo Formation near Soria, Spain. Its skeleton was discovered in a marsh area called Zorralbo I.1
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Magnamanus
- Benoem deur
- Fuentes Vidarte et al. 20162
- Groep
- Plantvreters met snawels
- Familie / klade
- Styracosterna2
- Klassifikasie
- Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia2
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 133 tot 121 miljoen jaar (Hauterivian / Barremian)2
- Rotsformasies
- Golmayo2
- Lande
- Spanje2
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database2
- Ontdekking
- Magnamanus was discovered between 2000 and 2004 by Carolina Fuentes and Manuel Meijide, along with their children, at the Zorralbo I site near Soria, Spain. It was named and described in 2016 by Fuentes Vidarte and colleagues.1
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are still debating exactly where Magnamanus fits on the family tree of iguanodontian dinosaurs, as it has some unique features in its hands and wrists.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Magnamanus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Magnamanus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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