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Kryptohadros

O nome significa: “hidden hadrosauroid”1
Comía: PlantasHerbívoros con bicoCretáceo Superior

Kryptohadros was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now Romania. It was a plant-eater and walked on two legs or all fours. Scientists only discovered it in 2026, so it is a very new dinosaur to learn about!12

Viviu
hai entre 72 e 66 millóns de anos4
Cretáceo Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Hațeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania12
Velocidade máxima
uns 41 km/h (25 mph)
Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

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Kryptohadros is a type of hadrosauroid, which means it is a relative of the famous duck-billed dinosaurs like Edmontosaurus.1

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Its fossils were found near the village of Vălioara in Romania, at a site called Fântânele-3.2

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The skeleton was discovered between 2022 and 2024, and it includes parts of the skull, ribs, tail bones, and a leg.1

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Kryptohadros lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous.3

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Scientists think Kryptohadros belonged to a group called Telmatosauridae, which includes other European duck-billed dinosaurs like Telmatosaurus and Tethyshadros.12

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The name Kryptohadros means 'hidden hadrosauroid' because it was found close to a known fossil site but remained undiscovered for many years.1

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Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Kryptohadros, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.
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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Kryptohadros

?How big was Kryptohadros?

Scientists do not know its exact size yet because only a partial skeleton of a subadult has been found. It was a relatively small duck-billed dinosaur, but no specific length or weight is given in the sources.12

?When did Kryptohadros live?

It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous.14

?What did Kryptohadros eat?

It was a plant-eater, or herbivore, that likely ate leaves and other plants. It walked on two legs or all fours.14

?Is Kryptohadros a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a type of hadrosauroid ornithopod dinosaur.14

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Kryptohadros
Bautizado por
Magyar et al. 20264
Grupo
Herbívoros con bico
Familia / clado
Telmatosauridae4
Clasificación
Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Idade das rochas
de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)4
Formacións rochosas
Densuș-Ciula4
Países
Romanía4
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento
Kryptohadros was named by János Magyar and colleagues in 2026. The fossils were collected from the Densuș-Ciula Formation in Romania between 2022 and 2024.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still debating how Kryptohadros is related to other duck-billed dinosaurs, and whether it was a separate species or part of a larger group.12

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Kryptohadros (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. New early Maastrichtian ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur from Hațeg Basin (Densuș-Ciula Formation, Romania) documents an endemic clade of non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroids in the south-eastern Late Cretaceous European Archipelago: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology: Vol 24 , No 1 - Get Access (tandfonline.com)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Kryptohadros in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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