Telmatosaurus Telmatosaurus

"marsh lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Telmatosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (70–66 Mya)
Place
Unknown locality
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Telmatosauridae

Telmatosaurus (meaning “marsh lizard”) is a genus of basal hadrosauromorph dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania. It was relatively small for its group, measuring approximately 5 m in length and 600 kg in body mass, which has been explained as an instance of insular dwarfism.

What we know

  • Named by Nopcsa, 1903.
  • Body length estimated at about 5 m.