SauropodomorphaTitanosauria

Magyarosaurus dacus

Magyarosaurus dacus skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~6 m.
Scale bar = 1 meter
Taxon
Magyarosaurus dacus (Nopcsa, 1915)
Reconstructed length
~6 m (20 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2021
Clade
  1. Sauropodomorpha
  2. Sauropoda
  3. Neosauropoda
  4. Macronaria
  5. Titanosauria

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Magyarosaurus was a titanosaur that lived on a series of islands in the Late Cretaceous of what is today Romania. The isolated Hațeg Island fauna had several features that differed from mainland dinosaur faunas, including insular dwarfism. Magyarosaurus reached only 6 m (20 feet) in length, which is quite small for a titanosaur. Insular dwarfism is a process where large-bodied lineages evolve smaller size in the limited resources of an island.

Magyarosaurus dacus skeletal reconstruction with a speculative arrangement of dermal armor (osteoderms), left lateral view.
The same skeletal with a speculative arrangement of dermal armor (osteoderms), known in some titanosaurs. Drawn 2021

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