Mantellisaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), Hauts-de-France (France) and Aragon (Spain).
Quick facts about Mantellisaurus:
- Existed from Berriasian Age to Aptian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 14 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Mantellisaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. Cornuel. 1850. Note sur des ossements fossiles découverts dans le calcaire néocomien de Wassy (Haute-Marne) [Note on some fossil bones found in the Neocomian limestone of Wassy (Haute Marne)]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2e série 7:702-704
- P.-J. Van Beneden. 1878. Sur la découverte de reptiles fossiles gigantesques dans le charbonnage de Bernissart près de Péruwelz [On the discovery of gigantic fossil reptiles in the Bernissart coal mine near Péruwelz]. Bulletin de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, série 2 45:578-579
- J. L. Sanz and S. Wenz. 1988. An Early Cretaceous faunal and floral continental assemblage: Las Hoyas fossil site (Cuenca, Spain). Géobios 21(5):611-635
