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Dinosaur: Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus
| Length*: | 4 m | 13.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 300 kg | 661 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Nopcsa
Year: 1903
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Romania
Region: Transylvania
Formation: Sânpetru, Densuş-Ciula, "Red Continental Strata"
Locations
Sources
Material: At least several individuals.
References: Weishampel, Dave & Norman, David & Grigorescu, Dan. (1993). "Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus from the Late Cretaceous of Romania: the most basal hadrosaurid dinosaur".
Dalla Vecchia, (2006). Telmatosaurus and the other hadrosaurids of the Cretaceous European Archipelago. An overview.
