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Dinosaur: Zalmoxes shqiperorum
| Length*: | 4.1 m | 13.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 200 kg | 441 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Weishampel et al.
Year: 2003
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Romania
Region: Transylvania
Formation: Unnamed, Sânpetru, Densuş-Ciula
Locations
Sources
Material: At least several individuals.
References: Weishampel, D.B., Jianu C.-M. , Csiki Z. , & Norman D.B. (2003) "Osteology and phylogeny of Zalmoxes (n.g.), an unusual Euornithopod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Romania".
Godefroit, P., Codrea, V. & Weishampel, D.B. (2009) Osteology of Zalmoxes shqiperorum (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda), based on new specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of Nalat-Vad (Romania).
