Telmatosaurus

† Telmatosaurus is a Late Cretaceous hadrosaur from the Sânpetru Formation of the Hațeg Basin, Romania. This small-bodied hadrosaurid lived as a dwarfed island form in ancient European archipelagos, alongside dwarf sauropods and ankylosaurs.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Telmatosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Telmatosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.