Mirischia

wonderful hip

• miris/mirus · Latin · wonderful
• ischion · Greek · hip (ischium)

The name combines the Latin "mirus" (wonderful) with the Greek "ischion" (hip), referring to the hip bone (ischium) of the animal. It was chosen for the remarkably well-preserved pelvis of the type specimen, a small predatory dinosaur found in Brazil. The only named species is Mirischia asymmetrica.

Named by

Naish, Martill and Frey

Year named

2004

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Albian

Found in

Romualdo Member, Santana Formation, Ceará, northeastern Brazil

A small compsognathid theropod. The holotype is a partial skeleton of a juvenile that preserves traces of fossilised internal structures in the abdomen.