Tag: Transylvania

Fauna of Hațeg Island

Transylvanosaurus platycephalus – the most recently discovered dwarf dinosaur from Romania’s Hațeg Basin

Transylvanosaurus platycephalus, or the “flat-headed reptile from Transylvania”, is a dwarf dinosaur described as a new genus and species from Romania’s Hațeg Basin. The research was published in 2022 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Its discovery provides new insights into the biogeographical history of the family Rhabdodontidae […]

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Hatzegopteryx – the flying giant discovered in Romania

Hatzegopteryx was a giant prehistoric flying reptile discovered in the Hațeg region of Romania. It lived approximately 71–65 million years ago, near the end of the Cretaceous, and had a wingspan of 10–11 metres, comparable to that of a small aircraft. During the Cretaceous, approximately 145.5–65.5 million years ago, […]

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