Zalmoxes

Zalmoxes Temporal range: Maastrichtian 70–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Skeleton of Zalmoxes shqiperorum in Brussels
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Neornithischia
Clade:	†Ornithopoda
Family:	†Rhabdodontidae
Genus:	†Zalmoxes Weishampel et al. 2003
Type species
†Zalmoxes robustus (Nopcsa, 1899)
Species
†Z. robustus (Nopcsa, 1899) †Z. shqiperorum Weishampel et al., 2003
Synonyms
Mochlodon robustum Nopcsa, 1899 Onychosaurus Nopcsa, 1902 Rhabdodon robustum Nopcsa, 1915 Rhabdodon robustus Olshevsky, 1990

Zalmoxes is a genus of rhabdodontid ornithopod dinosaur from the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Romania. The genus is known from specimens first named as the species Mochlodon robustum in 1899 by Franz Nopcsa before being reclassified as Rhabdodon robustum by him in 1915. In 1990, this name was corrected to Rhabdodon robustus by George Olshevsky and, in 2003, the species was once more reclassified as the type species Zalmoxes robustus. Zalmoxes refers to the Dacian deity Zalmoxis and robustus refers to the robustness of the remains. Also in 2003, another species was named, Zalmoxes shqiperorum, named for the Albanian name for Albanians.