LegendaryZalmoxes
Zalmoxes robustus
zal-MOK-seez· “after Zalmoxis, a Dacian god”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Rhabdodontidae
3 m
Length
0.9 m
Height
250 kg
Weight
A stocky, primitive ornithopod that lived as an 'island dwarf' on the Cretaceous Haţeg island of Romania, where limited resources kept many dinosaurs small.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70–66 million years ago
Found in
Romania
Discovered
David Weishampel, 2003
Did you know?
- An 'island dwarf' that stayed small on a Cretaceous European island.
- A stout, beaked plant-eater related to Rhabdodon.
- Named after Zalmoxis, a god of the ancient Dacian people.
Artwork: LadyofHats, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.