Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Zalmoxes Zalmoxes robustus (Nopcsa 1900)
/zˈælmɑːksᵻz/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
Romania, France
Regions
Hunedoara · Alba · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Formations
Densuș-Ciula · Pui Beds · Sînpetru · Bozeş
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Zalmoxes robustus is an ornithopod 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 Hunedoara, Romania and elsewhere. It was named by (Nopcsa 1900). The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Zalmoxes robustus sits in deep time
Zalmoxes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Zalmoxes robustus'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.