Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Struthiosaurus 3 m (9.8 ft) long
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- Length
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (85–66 Mya)
- Place
- Europe · France
- Food
- Herbivore
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 possibly Hungary. It was a small dinosaur, measuring 2 – 3 m in length and weighing 300 – 400 kg.
What we know
- Named by Bunzel, 1871.
- Body length estimated at about 3 m.
- Fossils found in Europe and France.