Zalmoxes
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Infraorder: Iguanodontia Family: Rhabdodontidae Genus: Zalmoxes
Species
Z robustus Z. shqiperorum

Reconstruction of the skull of Zalmoxes based on the parts of the skull known.

Zalmoxes was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It is classified as an Iguanodont. The type species is Z. robustus; another is described as Z. shqiperorum. Both species were found in Romania. Additional material is known from Austria, formerly described as Mochlodon suessi.

[edit] References

• 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.
• http://www.freewebs.com/skeletalreconstructions1/zalmoxes.htm
• http://dml.cmnh.org/2003Aug/msg00568.html
• http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/iguanodontia.htm

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