Dinosaur
Minmi
It was a small herbivorous ankylosaur from the early Cretaceous of Australia.
Minmi extends the story of armored dinosaurs to early Cretaceous Australia.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Minmi at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Ankylosauria
- Ankylosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Australia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Minmi
It was a small ankylosaur with a herbivorous diet. Its history dates back to the Early Cretaceous of Australia.
It was small within that group, something that helps remember the diversity of its sizes. An armored dinosaur did not necessarily have the dimensions of Ankylosaurus.
Ankylosaurs developed bony armor in their skin. Some lineages had a tail club and others did not; a club should not be added to every armored dinosaur.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It was small within that group, something that helps remember the diversity of its sizes. An armored dinosaur did not necessarily have the dimensions of Ankylosaurus.
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- Minmi paravertebra
Wikipedia contributors · Spanish source
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- Minmi paravertebra
Wikipedia contributors · English source
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- Ankylosauria
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- Living birds
Wikipedia contributors · English source
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Educational text adapted in English from the existing Wikipedia-backed Dinosgacha catalogue and linked articles by Wikipedia contributors.
Existing English translations have been selected and arranged for this encyclopedia. Repeated period and diet text is omitted where those fields already carry it. Unknown facts remain unfilled; unreviewed geological age phrases are omitted and period labels replace numerical ages.
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