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.