Minmi

Minmi

Pronunciation:
min-mie
Name meaning:
'named after Minmi Crossing, Queensland'
Minmi
armoured dinosaur silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
3.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 121-112 million years ago
Found in:
Australia

This dinosaur is known from an almost complete skeleton with armour in place.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria
Named by:
Molnar (1980)
Type species:
paravertebra

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