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TELMATOSAURUS
(tel-mat-oh-sore-us)
meaning: "Marsh lizard"
Telmatosaurus
Named By: B. F. Nopcsa in 1903
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
Location: Romania - Transylvania - Sanpetru Formation
Size: Around 5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Many individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Hadrosauridae |
Also known as: | Hecatasaurus | Limnosaurus transsylvanicus |
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Telmatosaurus (meaning "marsh lizard") is a genus of basal hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a relatively small hadrosaur, approximately five meters (16 ft) long, found in what is now Romania.

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