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beaked plant-eater
Kryptohadros
Say it like this: “KRIP-toh-HAD-ros”
Kryptohadros kallaiae
Kryptohadros ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Romania.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2026 · Magyar, J.; Ősi, A.; Csiki-Sava, Z.; Budai, S.; Botfalvai, G.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Romania · Densuș-Ciula
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Hadrosauromorpha
The story in short
The genus Kryptohadros dates to 2026, the year J. Magyar and colleagues described it. The name means “hidden hadrosauroid.”
Fossils referred to Kryptohadros date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Romania, including the Densuș-Ciula Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
The fossils of Kryptohadros are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Hadrosauromorpha, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Bactrosaurus
Bactrosaurus johnsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Claosaurus
Claosaurus agilis
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago
Eolambia
Eolambia caroljonesa
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago