Species
Valid Extinct

Magyarosaurus dacus

(Nopcsa 1915)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Eutitanosauria Unranked clade
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Magyarosaurus Genus
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Magyarosaurus dacus Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇴 Romania
7
Geological formations
Densuș-Ciula
3
Pui Beds
2
Sebeş
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
7
Synonyms (1)
Magyarosaurus transsylvanicus subjective synonym of Magyarosaurus dacus
Bibliography
Original description
B. F. Nopcsa. 1915. Die dinosaurier der Siebenbürgischen landesteile Ungarns [Dinosaurs of the Transylvanian regions of Hungary]. Mitteilungen aus den Jahrbuch der Königlich Ungarnischen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 23:1-24
Bibliography (5)
V. Díez Díaz, P. D. Mannion, and Z. Csiki-Sava, P. Upchurch. 2025. Revision of Romanian sauropod dinosaurs reveals high titanosaur diversity and body-size disparity on the latest Cretaceous Haţeg Island, with implications for titanosaurian biogeography. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23(1):2441516 DOI ↗
M. Delfino, V. Codrea, and A. Folie, P. Dica, P. Godefroit, T. Smith. 2008. A complete skull of Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Eusuchia) and a reassessment of the morphology of the taxon based on the Romanian remains. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1):111-122 DOI ↗
D. Grigorescu, M. Venczel, and Z. Csiki, R. Limberea. 1999. New latest Cretaceous microvertebrate fossil assemblages from the Haţeg Basin (Romania). Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:301-314
F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361
B. F. Nopcsa. 1915. Die dinosaurier der Siebenbürgischen landesteile Ungarns [Dinosaurs of the Transylvanian regions of Hungary]. Mitteilungen aus den Jahrbuch der Königlich Ungarnischen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 23:1-24