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An international team of paleontologists has identified a new genus and species of herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur, Kryptohadros kallaiae, from an incomplete skeleton unearthed in the Hațeg Basin, Romania.

Hațeg Basin, Romania

Who
An international team of paleontologists from Romania, Hungary and Italy, Dr. Attila Ősi, János Magyar
What
An international team of paleontologists has identified a new genus and species of herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur, Kryptohadros kallaiae, from an incomplete skeleton unearthed in the Hațeg Basin, Romania.
When
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:24:17 GMT · 2h 34m ago
Where
Hațeg Basin, Romania ·
Why
The discovery was made from an incomplete skeleton unearthed in the Hațeg Basin and described in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
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This new discovery highlights the unique island-dwelling dinosaur fauna of the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago and reveals a newly recognized evolutionary group, Telmatosauridae, which evolved in southeastern Europe.

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