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Struthiosaurus
Struthiosaurus-Alain-Beneteau
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]

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