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armored dinosaur
Struthiosaurus
Say it like this: “STROOTH-ee-o-SAWR-us”
Struthiosaurus austriacus
Struthiosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in AT, Romania, and France.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1870 · Bunzel, E.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2–3 m · 7–10 ft
- Weight
- 300–400 kg · 661–882 lb
- Found in
- AT, Romania, and France · Grünbach
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Nodosauridae
The story in short
In 1870, E. Bunzel published the name Struthiosaurus. The name means “ostrich lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from AT, Romania, and France, including the Grünbach Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Struthiosaurus at a length near 2–3 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 300–400 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Nodosauridae, among the armored dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Struthiosaurus austriacus. Other named species include Struthiosaurus transylvanicus and Struthiosaurus languedocensis.
Other species with this name
- Struthiosaurus austriacus
- Struthiosaurus transylvanicus
- Struthiosaurus languedocensis
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