Cretaceous
Struthiosaurus
Struthiosaurus austriacus
The catalogue presents Struthiosaurus as a herbivore member of Nodosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 85 Ma. Its estimated range is 2.5 m in length and 0.3 t in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Austria. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Struthiosaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Bunzel (1870).
The PBDB places it in Nodosauridae, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Nodosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Nodosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Campanian to the Maastrichtian.
The PBDB catalogues 9 occurrences, with material from the Grünbach Formation (5), from the Coal-Bearing Complex Formation (2) and from the Vitoria Formation (1). Provenance: Austria, Spain and France.
The catalogue records the holotype as NHMW 1995/0003/0001 and the type locality as “Austria”.
- NHMW 1995/0003/0001
- Austria
The catalogue's reference measurements are 2.5 m in length and 0.3 t in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 2.5 m
- 0.3 tons
The record gathers 75 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Weight
- 0.3 t
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 85 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1871
- Described by
- Emanuel Bunzel
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Nodosauridae
- Genus
- Struthiosaurus
- Species
- S. austriacus
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- NHMW 1995/0003/0001
- Type locality
- Austria