Zalmoxes

Zalmoxes robustus

Zalmoxes — reconstrução científica

Zalmoxes foi um ornitísquio herbívoro do Cretáceo, descrito por Weishampel et al.. Viveu há aproximadamente 70.6-66.0 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é Europa. Medindo de 2.5-3.0 m, pesando 100-200 kg, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

Zalmoxes is a genus of probable rhabdodontid ornithopod dinosaur from the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Romania. The genus is known from specimens first named as the species Mochlodon robustum in 1899 by Franz Nopcsa before being reclassified as Rhabdodon robustum by him in 1915. In 1990, this name was corrected to Rhabdodon robustus by George Olshevsky and, in 2003, the species was once more reclassified as the type species Zalmoxes robustus. Zalmoxes represents one of the most common vertebrates of Transylvania during the latest Cretaceous period. The generic name refers to the Dacian deity Zalmoxis and the specific name robustus refers to the robustness of the remains. Another species, Zalmoxes shqiperorum, was named in 2003, but this species has since been reassigned to a separate genus of ceratopsian, Ferenceratops.

Família
Rhabdodontidae
Ordem
Ornithischia
Período
Cretaceous (70.6-66.0 MYA)
Dieta
Herbivore
Comprimento
2.5-3.0 m
Peso
100-200 kg

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