#Europe's very own #dinosaurs: The enigmatic Late #Cretaceous rhabdodontids https://phys.org/news/2023-08-europe-dinosaurs-enigmatic-late-cretaceous.html

The Rhabdodontidae (Dinosauria, #Ornithischia), an enigmatic #dinosaur group endemic to the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago https://fr.pensoft.net/article/108967/

"#fossils of #rhabdodontids have only been found in Europe and only in rocks ranging in age from 86–66 million years ago, so they were endemic to the Late Cretaceous #EuropeanArchipelago."

Europe's very own dinosaurs: The enigmatic Late Cretaceous rhabdodontids

When you think of dinosaurs, you might automatically imagine iconic dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. But at the same time when these were stomping on the ancient coastal plains of North America, some of their very distant cousins were reigning over Europe's lands.

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#NewSpecies of #Ornithopod #Dinosaur Identified in #Spain https://www.sci.news/paleontology/oblitosaurus-bunnueli-12145.html

The largest ornithopod (#Dinosauria: #Ornithischia) from the Upper Jurassic of Europe sheds light on the evolutionary history of basal ankylopollexians https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad076/7223755

"The newly-discovered dinosaur species inhabited the coastal ecosystems of eastern #Iberia during the Late #Jurassic epoch, around 150 million years ago. The species grew up to 7 m in length."

Paleontologists Identify New Species of Herbivorous Dinosaur
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/transylvanosaurus-platycephalus-11423.html

A new ornithopod dinosaur, #Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: #Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the #Haţeg Basin, #Romania https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2022.2133610

For most of the #Cretaceous period, #Europe was a tropical archipelago. T. platycephalus lived on one of the many islands together with other dwarf #dinosaurs, #crocodiles, #turtles, and giant flying #pterosaurs.