Transylvanosaurus

Transylvanosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Rhabdodontidae
Genus: Transylvanosaurus
Augustin et al., 2022
Species:
T. platycephalus
Binomial name
Transylvanosaurus platycephalus
Augustin et al., 2022

Transylvanosaurus (meaning "lizard from across the forest") is an extinct genus of rhabdodontid ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hateg Basin of Romania. The type species is Transylvanosaurus platycephalus, known from a fragmentary skull.[1]

  1. ^ Augustin, Felix J.; Bastiaans, Dylan; Dumbravă, Mihai D.; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán (2022-11-23). "A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (2): e2133610. Bibcode:2022JVPal..42E3610A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2022.2133610. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 253964320.