Struthiosaurus

Smaller than a Microraptor!

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Struthiosaurus
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.

Gallery

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