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Telmatosaurus

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Quick Facts
NameTelmatosaurus
Diet
Weight450 kilos
Length5 meters
Height2 meters
Period
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Telmatosaurus was a genus of basal hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous. Its name means "swamp lizard". 

It was a small hadrosaur compared to its relatives. It roamed the swampy environments of western Cretaceous Europe with many other dinosaur species, such as Magyarosaurus, a dwarf sauropod measuring only six meters. It was a herbivore that stripped newly evolved flowers of their leaves, as Zalmoxes ate fallen fruit from the ground, clearing the ground and feeding. It traveled in herds for "safety in numbers" due to threats from predators such as Balaur, a member of Dromaeosauridae. It walked both bipedally and quadrupedally.

It is estimated that Telmatosaurus was about 5 meters long and weighed half a ton.

What did Telmatosaurus eat?

It was a herbivore that stripped newly evolved flowers of their leaves, as the Zalmoxes ate fallen fruit from the ground, clearing the ground and feeding themselves. 

What does Telmatosaurus mean?

The name Telmatosaurus means 'swamp lizard'. 

When did Telmatosaurus live?

Telmatosaurus was a genus of basal hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous. 

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Who discovered them?

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  • F.M. Dalla Vecchia, 2006, "Telmatosaurus and the other hadrosaurids of the Cretaceous European Archipelago. An overview", Natura Nascosta 32: 1-55
  • F. Nopcsa, 1900, "Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenbürgen (Schädel von Limnosaurus transsylvanicus nov. gen. et spec.)", Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 68: 555-591
  • F. Nopcsa, 1903, "Telmatosaurusnew name for the dinosaur Limnosaurus", Geological Magazine, decade 4 10: 94-95
  • B. Brown, 1910, "The Cretaceous Ojo Alamo beds of New Mexico with description of the new dinosaur genus. Kritosaurus", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28(24): 267-274
  • F. Nopcsa, 1915, "Die dinosaurier der Siebenbürgischen landesteile Ungarns", Contributions from the Yearbook of the Königlich-Ungarischen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 23: 1-24
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Fun Facts

  • Telmatosaurus was a genus of basal hadrosaurid dinosaur.
  • It was a small hadrosaur compared to its relative.
  • The name Telmatosaurus means "swamp lizard". 
  • He walked as a biped and as a quadruped.
  • It moved in herds.

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