Describer

Weishampel, Jianu, Csiki & Norman, 2003

Time

Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian

Classification

Ornithischia Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Rhabdodontidae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Sinpetru Beds, Densus-Ciula Formation, Hateg Basin, Transylvania, Romania

Fall Under

Zalmoxes

Info

Typespecies

Zalmoxes (Weishampel, Jianu, Csiki & Norman, 2003) > Zalmoxes robustus (Nopcsa, 1900) = Mochlodon robustus (Nopcsa, 1900) >> Onychosaurus hungaricus (Nopcsa, 1902) > Camptosaurus inkeyi (Nopcsa, 1900)

Zalmoxes (Weishampel, Jianu, Csiki & Norman, 2003) > Zalmoxes shqiperorum (Weishampel, Jianu, Csiki & Norman, 2003)

Zalmoxes (Weishampel, Jianu, Csiki & Norman, 2003) > Zalmoxes sp. (Hornung, 2006)

Holotype

MNH R.4900, left dentary, sacrum, right scapula, right coracorid, particle ?left ilium, right ischium, left distal ischium, left femur.

Adult individuals of Zalmoxes robustus are smaller than either of its two closest relatives, Zalmoxes shqiperorum and Rhabdodon priscus, within the Rhabdodontidae, or with many species of Iguanodontia and, therefore, is considered a possible paedomorphic dwarf.