Struthiosaurus

Struthiosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
85–66 Ma
Osteoderms of S. austriacus, from Lower Austria in the Naturhistorisches Museum (Vienna)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • S. transylvanicus Nopcsa, 1915
  • S. languedocensis
    Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola, 2003
Synonyms
  • Crataeomus Seeley, 1881
  • Danubiosaurus Bunzel, 1871
  • Pleuropeltus Seeley, 1881

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]

  1. ^ Struthiosaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
  2. ^ Atilla Ősi, & E. Prondvai, 2013, "Sympatry of two ankylosaurs (Hungarosaurus and cf. Struthiosaurus) in the Santonian of Hungary", Cretaceous Research 44: 58–63
  3. ^ Schade, Marco; Stumpf, Sebastian; Kriwet, Jürgen; Kettler, Christoph; Pfaff, Cathrin (7 January 2022). "Neuroanatomy of the nodosaurid Struthiosaurus austriacus (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) supports potential ecological differentiations within Ankylosauria". Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 144. Bibcode:2022NatSR..12..144S. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-03599-9. PMC 8741922. PMID 34996895.
  4. ^ Paul, Gregory S. (2010). "Ornithischians". The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 214–316. doi:10.1515/9781400836154.214. ISBN 9781400836154.
  5. ^ Ősi, A.; Makádi, L. (2009). "New remains of Hungarosaurus tormai (Ankylosauria, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hungary: skeletal reconstruction and body mass estimation". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 83 (2): 227–245. Bibcode:2009PalZ...83..227O. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0017-5.