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Zalmoxes

Il num vul dir: “named after Zalmoxis, a god in ancient Dacian mythology”1

Mangiava: PlantasErbivors cun pichelCretacic tardiv

Zalmoxes was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived on an island called Hateg, in what is now Romania. It walked on two legs, had a beak, and ate tough plants. It was about the size of a small car, but some were even smaller!1

Viveva

avant 84 fin 66 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Fossils found in Romania, in the Hateg Island region, including the Sânpetru, Sebes, and Densuș-Ciula formations.1 4

Lunghezza

2 fin 2,9 m (6,6 fin 9,5 ft)1

Paisa

45 kg (99 lb)1

Autezza

0,91 m (3 ft)

stima

Spertadad maximala

var 44 km/h (27 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant aut era el?

stima

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 2 chauns

uschè lung sco 3 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 16 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 11 giats da chasauschè grev sco 9 melunasuschè grev sco 2,5 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 1,5 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 8,2 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Zalmoxes cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Zalmoxes var 44 km/h (27 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Zalmoxes had a slow growth rate and a long growth period, which is different from many other dinosaurs.1

It lived on an island, and scientists think it might have been smaller than its relatives because of island dwarfism, though some think it was already small.1

Zalmoxes had a large triangular head and a beak, which helped it eat tough plants.1

Fossils of Zalmoxes have been found in Austria and France too, not just Romania.4

One species of Zalmoxes, called Z. shqiperorum, was later reclassified as a different type of dinosaur, a ceratopsian, not an ornithopod.1

Zalmoxes was one of the most common vertebrates in Transylvania during the latest Cretaceous period.1

Maletg da Zalmoxes fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Zalmoxes pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.

tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Zalmoxes

?How big was Zalmoxes?

Zalmoxes was small, with adults of Z. robustus reaching about 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) long and weighing about 45 kilograms (99 pounds). An unnamed species grew to about 2.9 metres (9.5 feet) long.1

?What did Zalmoxes eat?

Zalmoxes ate tough, fibrous plants like soft shoots, horsetails, angiosperms, pteridophytes, and ferns. It had a beak and could process C3 plants.1

?When did Zalmoxes live?

Zalmoxes lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 70 to 66 million years ago. It was one of the most common vertebrates in Transylvania at that time.1 3

?Where was Zalmoxes found?

Fossils of Zalmoxes have been found in Romania, specifically in the Hateg Basin of Transylvania. Some sources also mention finds in Austria and France, but the main site is Romania.1 3

?Was Zalmoxes a dinosaur?

Yes, Zalmoxes was a dinosaur, specifically a small ornithopod. It is classified as a probable rhabdodontid ornithopod, not a ceratopsian, though one species was later reclassified.1 3

?Why was Zalmoxes small?

Scientists once thought Zalmoxes was small due to island dwarfism, but later studies suggest it was already close to the size of its ancestors. Some related species were larger or smaller due to island effects.1

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Some people think Zalmoxes was a dwarf dinosaur because it lived on an island.

Vardad: Scientists now think Zalmoxes was already small, and its larger relative Rhabdodon had island gigantism, while a smaller relative Mochlodon had island dwarfism.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Zalmoxes
Numnà da: Weishampel et al. 20034
Gruppa: Erbivors cun pichel
Famiglia / clada: Rhabdodontoidea4
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 84 fin 66 milliuns onns (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Sebeş, Sînpetru, Densuș-Ciula4
Pajais: Rumenia, Austria, Frantscha4
Chats da fossils: 44 en The Paleobiology Database4
Era enconuschent sco: Onychosaurus (nums pli vegls che valan ussa sco il medem animal)4
Scuverta: The first fossils were named Mochlodon robustus by Baron Franz Nopcsa in 1899. In 2003, scientists renamed them Zalmoxes robustus after studying new remains.1 2
Anc discutà: Scientists still debate whether Zalmoxes was a dwarf species or just naturally small, and how it is related to other similar dinosaurs.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Zalmoxes (en.wikipedia.org)
Osteology and phylogeny of Zalmoxes (n. g.), an unusual Euornithopod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Romania (tandfonline.com)
Zalmoxes | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Zalmoxes in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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