Zalmoxes

Taxobox
name = "Zalmoxes"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo = Ornithopoda
infraordo = Iguanodontia
familia = Rhabdodontidae
genus = "Zalmoxes"
genus_authority = Weishampel, Jianu, Csiki, and Norman, 2003
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Z robustus" (Nopcsa, 1899 (originally "Mochlodon")) (type)
* "Z. shqiperorum" Weishampel "et al.", 2003:"For the Dacian god, see Zalmoxis."

"Zalmoxes" was a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It is classified as a rhabdodontid iguanodont. The type species is "Z. robustus";Weishampel, D. B., C.-M. Jianu, Z. Csiki, and D. B. Norman. (2003). "Osteology and phylogeny of "Zalmoxes" (n.g.), an unusual Euornithopod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Romania". "Journal of Systematic Palaeontology" 1(2): 65–123.] another is described as "Z. shqiperorum". Both species were found in Romania. "Z. robustus" was smaller, 2 to 3 meters long (7 to 10 ft). "Z. shqiperorum" was 4 to 4.5 meters long (13 to 15 ft). Additional material is known from Austria, formerly described as "Mochlodon suessi".

References

External links

* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2003Aug/msg00568.html Dinosaur Mailing List entry (announces the formal publication of "Zalmoxes")]
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/iguanodontia.htm Iguanodontia] from "Thescelosaurus!" website.