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Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus austriacus Bunzel 1871
/stɹˌuːθɪəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
Spain, Austria, France
Regions
Castilla y Leon · Niederosterreich · Languedoc-Roussillon
Formations
Vitoria · Grünbach · Marnes Rouges Inférieures
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Struthiosaurus austriacus is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Castilla y Leon, Spain and elsewhere. It was named by Bunzel 1871. The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~30%
well attested
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Struthiosaurus austriacus sits in deep time
Struthiosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Struthiosaurus austriacus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.