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Nodosauridae

Struthiosaurus

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Struthiosaurus 3 m (9.8 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ankylosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Struthiosaurus
Length
3 m (9.8 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (85–66 Mya)
Place
Europe · France
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Nodosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Ankylosaurs without the tail club.
Struthiosaurus reconstruction by Atlantis536
Reconstruction · Atlantis536 (CC0)

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.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Struthiosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.