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Dinosaur: Minmi paravertebra
| Length*: | 2.7 m | 8.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 250 kg | 551 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian
Years: 121.4–113 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Molnar
Year: 1980
Distribution
Area: Australia
Country: Australia
Region: Queensland
Formation: Bungil
Sources
Material: Fragmentary skeleton, referred other fragments (5 individuals ?).
References: Arbour, V.M. & Currie, P.J. (2015) Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs.
Molnar, R. E. 1980a. An ankylosaur (Ornithischia: Reptilia) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20, 77-87
Molnar, R. E. and Frey, E. 1987. The paravertebral elements of the Australian ankylosaur Minmi (Reptilia: Ornithischia, Cretaceous). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 175, 19-37
Molnar, R.E. 1996. Preliminary report on a new ankylosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39, 653-668
Carpenter, K. 2001. Chapter 21: Phylogenetic analysis of the Ankylosauridae. pp. 455-480 in Carpenter, K. (ed.) The Armored Dinosaurs, Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Molnar, R. E. 2001. Chapter 16: Armor of the small ankylosaur, Minmi. pp. 341-362 in Carpenter, K. (ed.) The Armored Dinosaurs, Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Molnar, R. E. and Clifford, H. T. 2001. Chapter 19: An ankylosaurian cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia. pp. 399-412 in Carpenter, K. (ed.) The Armored Dinosaurs, Indiana University Press, Bloomington
