[D] Zalmoxes shqiperorum
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
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)
Derivation of name: Named for the people of Shqiperia, thet Albanians\\\' own name for their land. Shqiperia was probably derived from the Albanian \\\'shqipe\\\' (eagle) which, modified to shqipria, became \\\'the land of the eagle.\\\' Z. shqiperorum forms a connection between ancient Illyria (Albania) and Nopcsa\\\'s fascination with this land and its tribes, to Geta (Thrace) and, finally, to Dacia (ancient Romania), the home of Zalmoxes.