Struthiosaurus | ||||
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Name | Struthiosaurus | |||
Order | Nodosauridae | |||
Suborder | Ankylosauria | |||
Class | Thyreophora | |||
Name Translation | Ostrich lizard | |||
Period | Late Cretaceous (85-66 mya) | |||
Location | Romania, Hungary, Austria, France | |||
Date of Discovery | 1871 by Pawlowitsch | |||
Struthiosaurus (meaning "ostrich lizard") is an extinct genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from late Cretaceous Europe. Its small size is due to insular dwarfism.
History of discovery[]
In 1859, geologist Eduard Suess discovered a dinosaur tooth on a stone pile at the Gute Hoffnung coal mine at Muthmannsdorf near Wiener Neustadt in Austria.
Paleobiology[]
Struthiosaurus is been known to live on Hațeg Island.[1]