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HatZeGopterYX
Above the island flew Hatzegopteryx, one of
the largest of all pterosaurs. From tip to
tip, its wings measured 46 ft (14 m).
MaGYaroSauruS telMatoSauruS
A titanosaur, Magyarosaurus was one Several Telmatosaurus
of the smallest and last of its family. skulls have been found
Several incomplete fossil remains at Ha†eg, together with
have been found in Romania. clutches of eggs and
hatchlings belonging
to this hadrosaur.
StrutHioSauruS
This plant eater was the smallest in the
ankylosaur family of armored dinosaurs.
It had bony studs on its neck and back
while spikes guarded its sides.
Ha◊eG toDaY
The ancient Tethys Sea and the island of
miniature dinosaurs disappeared millions of years
kallokiBotion ago, leaving behind today’s Ha†eg Basin area—a
low-lying depression crossed by rivers and ringed
Turtles, like this Kallokibotion, swam by mountains, some of which rise to heights of
in the surrounding ocean. They came more than 8,200 ft (2,500 m). The sandstones and
ashore to lay their eggs, which were mudstones that formed here 75 million years ago
then buried in the soft sand.
contain the many fossils that tell the story of the
area’s ancient past.
ClutChes may
have had between
50 and 200 eggs
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