Telmatosaurus

Telmatosaurus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian, 70–66 Ma
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Clade: Hadrosauromorpha
Genus: Telmatosaurus
Nopcsa, 1903
Type species
Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus
Synonyms
  • Hecatasaurus Brown, 1910
  • Limnosaurus Nopcsa, 1899 (preoccupied)

Telmatosaurus (meaning "marsh lizard") is a genus of basal hadrosauromorph dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania. It was a relatively small hadrosaur, measuring approximately 5 m (16 ft) in length and 600 kg (1,300 lb) in body mass, which has been explained as an instance of insular dwarfism.[1]

  1. ^ Paul, Gregory S. (2016). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-78684-190-2. OCLC 985402380.