Genus
Valid Extinct

Transylvanosaurus

Augustin et al. 2022

Transylvanosaurus is an extinct genus of rhabdodontid ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hateg Basin of Romania. The type species is Transylvanosaurus platycephalus, known from a fragmentary skull.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Transylvanosaurus
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Holotype of Transylvanosaurus platycephalus, LPB (FGGUB) R.2070, a partial skull comprising the articulated basicranium and both frontals. Scale bar: 1 cm. © Felix J. Augustin, Attila Ősi, Zoltán Csiki-Sava · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Rhabdodontomorpha Unranked clade
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Transylvanosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇴 Romania
1
Geological formations
Pui Beds
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Transylvanosaurus platycephalus 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. J. Augustin, D. Bastiaans, and M. D. Dumbravă, Z. Csiki-Sava. 2022. A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(2):e2133610:1-23 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
F. J. Augustin, D. Bastiaans, and M. D. Dumbravă, Z. Csiki-Sava. 2022. A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(2):e2133610:1-23 DOI ↗