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Hungarosaurus
Say it like this: “hun-GAH-ro-SOR-us”
Hungarosaurus tormai
Hungarosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Hungary.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Ősi, A.
- Hip height
- 0.9 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 4–4.8 m · 13–16 ft
- Weight
- 0.7–1 tonnes
- Found in
- Hungary · Csehbánya
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Nodosauridae
The story in short
Hungarosaurus was formally named in 2005 by A. Ősi. The name means “hungarian lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian), roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Hungary, including the Csehbánya Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Hungarosaurus at a length near 4–4.8 m, hips about 0.9 m high, and a body mass around 0.7–1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Nodosauridae, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acantholipan
Acantholipan gonzalezi
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Animantarx
Animantarx ramaljonesi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Anoplosaurus
Anoplosaurus curtonotus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago