ammonites
Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus Nopcsa 1900

Reptilia - Dinosauria

Alternative combinations: Hecatasaurus transsyvanicus, Limnosaurus transsylvanicus, Limnosaurus transsyvanicus, Orthomerus transsylvanicus, Orthomerus transylvanicus, Telmatosaurus transylvanicus

Full reference: B. F. Nopcsa. 1900. Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenbürgen (Schädel von Limnosaurus transsylvanicus nov. gen. et spec.) [Dinosaur remains from Siebenbürgen (skull of Limnosaurus transsylvanicus nov. gen. et spec.)]. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 68:555-591

Belongs to Telmatosaurus according to J. R. Horner et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH B.3386, a skull. Its type locality is Szentpéterfalva, Hateg Basin, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Sânpetru Formation of Romania.

Average measurements (in mm): femur 352.8 x 51.9, humerus 227.8 x 32.7, tibia 428.4 x 46.3, ulna 312.4 x 28.6

Estimated body mass: 105.2 kg based on femur length