Anabisetia

Name: Anabisetia ‭(‬After the archaeologist Ana Maria Biset‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ah-nah-bis-‭ ‬et-e-ah.
Named By: Rodolfo Coria‭ & ‬Jorge Calvo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2002.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Iguanodontia.
Species: A.‭ ‬saldiviai‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: About‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cerro Lisandro Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian to Turonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of four individuals.




       A possible close relative of Gasparinisaura,‭ ‬Anabisetia was a fairly small ornithopod dinosaur that roamed around what‭ ‬would become South America during the early stages of the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Anabisetia is known mostly from the partial post cranial remains of four specimens and a single partial brain case and lower jaw.‭ ‬The lack of a more complete skull means that it is hard to establish both the head features and a more precise relationship to Gasparinisaura.
       How Anabisetia relates to other ornithopods is still uncertain,‭ ‬partly because of the uncertainty regarding Gasparinisaura at the time of writing.‭ ‬Gasparinisaura was once thought to represent a more basal iguanodont,‭ ‬but later analysis now suggests that it was closer to more advanced forms like Thescelosaurus from North America.‭ ‬If correct,‭ ‬then Anabisetia would follow Gasparinisaura by its close association.
       Possible predators of Anabisetia could have included abelisaurids,‭ ‬remains of which have been recovered from the same formation as Anabisetia.‭ ‬Possible further threats may have included carcharodontosaurids such as Mapusaurus which were alive and roaming around in other parts of Argentina during these stages of the Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new iguanodontian ornithopod from Neuquen Basin,‭ ‬Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Rodolfo Coria‭ & ‬Jorge Calvo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2002.



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