Zalmoxes

Pronunciation:
zal-moks-eez
Name meaning:
'Zalmoxes (Dacian deity)'
Type of dinosaur:
small ornithopod
Length:
3.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 69 million years ago
Found in:
Romania

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Rhabdodontidae
Named by:
Nopcsa (1902)
Type species:
robustus

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