Struthiosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Osteoderms of S. austriacus, from Lower Austria in the Naturhistorisches Museum (Vienna) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
Family: | †Nodosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Nodosaurinae |
Clade: | †Struthiosaurini |
Genus: | †Struthiosaurus Bunzel, 1871 |
Type species | |
†Struthiosaurus austriacus | |
Other species | |
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Struthiosaurus (Latin struthio = ostrich + Greek sauros = lizard) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of Austria, Romania, France and Hungary in Europe.[1] It was a small dinosaur, measuring 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft) in length and weighing 300–400 kg (660–880 lb).[2][3][4][5]