Published November 23, 2022 | Version v1
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Transylvanosaurus Augustin, Bastiaans, Dumbravă & Csiki-Sava, 2022, gen. nov.

Description

TRANSYLVANOSAURUS gen. nov.

Type SpeciesTransylvanosaurus platycephalus sp. nov.

Etymology —‘Trans’ (Latin) meaning across, ‘silva’ (Latin) meaning forest, and ‘sauros’ (Greek σαύρος) meaning lizard (‘Lizard from across the forest’). The genus is named after Transylvania, the historical region that includes the Hateg Basin and the type locality of the genus.

Diagnosis —As for the type and only species.

Notes

Published as part of Augustin, Felix J., Bastiaans, Dylan, Dumbravă, Mihai D. & Csiki-Sava, Zoltán, 2022, A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania, pp. 1-23 in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e 2133610) (e 2133610) 42 (2) on page 4, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2022.2133610, http://zenodo.org/record/7503790

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