Hungarosaurus
Hungarosaurus tormai (meaning 'Hungarian lizard' from the Latin Hungaria 'Hungary' and Greek σαυρος / 'sauros' 'lizard'), is a herbivorous nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Csehbánya Formation of the Bakony Mountains of western Hungary. It is the most completely known ankylosaur from the Cretaceous of Europe.
| Hungarosaurus Temporal range: Santonian, | |
|---|---|
| Right dentary | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Suborder: | †Ankylosauria |
| Family: | †Nodosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Nodosaurinae |
| Clade: | †Struthiosaurini |
| Genus: | †Hungarosaurus Ősi, 2005 |
| Species: | †H. tormai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hungarosaurus tormai Ősi, 2005 | |
Hungarosaurus walked on four legs and its body was covered with hundreds of osteoderms. The length of mature specimens was about 4–4.8 metres (13–16 ft) . Like other nodosaurids, it was a herbivore.
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