Zalmoxes

Herbivorous dinosaur found in the Al-khoudh area. This dinosaur is similar to the Zalmoxes and Rhabdodon dinosaurs. The skeleton in the Bait Al Baranda Museum was assembled from bones borrowed from several museums.

The Maastrichtian, Transylvanian giant azhdarchid pterosaur Hatzegopteryx sp. preys on the rhabdodontid iguanodontian Zalmoxes. Because large predatory theropods are unknown on Late Cretaceous Haţeg Island, giant azhdarchids may have played a key role as terrestrial predators in this community.

Right dentary of Zalmoxes shqiperorum holotype NHMUK R4900in dorsal and lateral views, from the Sinpetru Formation of Sânpetru (Romania; outline based on the specimen UBB NVZ1-1).

Ferenceratops was initially classified under the ornithopod genus Zalmoxes, until it was found that it more closely resembled an early ceratopsian. Ferenceratops was a small quadrupedal herbivore, growing to 1.5-2 m in body length, likely using the characteristic ceratopsian beak to process vegetation.

Dentaries of selected European rhabdodontomorphs in dorsal and lateral views. (A) Obelignathus septimanicus, holotype MDE D30, right dentary from the 'Grès à Reptiles' Formation, Montouliers (France); (B) Mochlodon vorosi holotype MTM V 2010.105.1, left dentary from the Csehbánya Formation, Iharkút (Hungary; mirrored); (C) Mochlodon suessi, lectotype PIUW 2349/2, right dentary from the Grünbach Formation, Muthmannsdorf (Austria); (D) Zalmoxes robustus holotype NHMUK R3392, right dentary from the Sinpetru Formation, Sânpetru (Romania); (E) Rhabdodon priscus, lectotype MPLM 30, left dentary from the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation, la Nerthe (France; mirrored drawing after Matheron; outline based on specimens MPLM 30 and MPLM 31, size estimation based on Matheron and Brinkman); (F) Zalmoxes shqiperorum holotype NHMUK R4900, right dentary from the Sinpetru Formation of Sânpetru (Romania; outline based on the specimen UBB NVZ1-1).

Reconstruction of Mochlodon suessi from the Late Cretaceous of Austria. Based on Zalmoxes by Scott Hartman

Right dentary of Zalmoxes shqiperorum holotype NHMUK R4900in dorsal and lateral views, from the Sinpetru Formation of Sânpetru (Romania; outline based on the specimen UBB NVZ1-1).

Right dentary of Zalmoxes robustus holotype NHMUK R3392 in dorsal and lateral views, from the Sinpetru Formation, Sânpetru (Romania)