Dinosaur genus
Magyarosaurus
Magyarosaurus is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 72.2–66 million years old, in Romania and Austria.
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medium: Only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it.Confidence labels are switched off. Facts with low confidence, or where sources disagree, still carry a small dot: tap it for the reason.
At a glance
Data as of 11 October 2026- Named by
- Huene 1932
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high: PBDB and Wikidata agree.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Described in
- F. v. Huene (1932). Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2): 1–361.
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high: PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Huene 1932), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.
- Type species
- Magyarosaurus dacus
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Lived
- Maastrichtian, 72.2–66 million years ago
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medium: Only PBDB gives a range this precise; NHM's records give only a broader interval, which contains it.Omnisaura calculation72.2–66 million years ago, from its dated fossil recordsmedium
medium: Omnisaura's calculation from 9 confirmed PBDB records.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Fossils found in
- RomaniaAustria
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high: NHM and PBDB both record it.disputed
low: NHM records it here but PBDB has no record in this country; awaiting an editor.mixed
mixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).
- Rock formations
- Densuș-CiulaPui Beds
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medium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).Sebeşmedium
medium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).Grunbach Formationmedium
medium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).Sanpetru Formationdisputed
low: Only NHM gives this name and it matches no PBDB formation; awaiting an editor.Sanpetru Formation, Densus Ciula Formation and Bozes stratadisputed
low: Only NHM gives this name and it matches no PBDB formation; awaiting an editor.Sînpetrudisputed
low: Only NHM gives this name and it matches no PBDB formation; awaiting an editor.low
low: Only one PBDB record.mixed
mixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.
- Parent group
- Eutitanosauria
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Order
- Saurischia
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medium: Only NHM gives this; nothing contradicts it.Sources
Given by: Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Gap filled from NHM.
- Species named in its records
- Magyarosaurus dacus, Magyarosaurus transsylvanicus
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (the species its fossil records are identified as).
- Diet
- herbivore (inferred for its group)
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medium: Only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Sauropoda, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.
- Way of life
- ground dwelling, gregarious (inferred for its group)
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low: PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Sauropoda; behaviour is rarely known for one genus.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.
- Known from
- Bones
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).
Gaps are answers
What isn't known yet
- Family: no source we use gives it yet.
- What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
- Held back: 2 fossil records left out: identified only tentatively (for example "cf.", "?" or the name in quotation marks).
- Resting on one source: 6 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): type species (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); order (NHM); age (headline) (PBDB); common names (Wikidata); diet (PBDB).
Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest out rather than guess.
Where sources disagree
4 openFormations
- records nothing herePBDB
- Grunbach FormationNHM
One source names a formation the other does not. An editor hasn't ruled yet, so this is rated low until they do.
Formations
- records nothing herePBDB
- Sanpetru FormationNHM
One source names a formation the other does not. An editor hasn't ruled yet, so this is rated low until they do.
Formations
- records nothing herePBDB
- Sanpetru Formation, Densus Ciula Formation and Bozes strataNHM
One source names a formation the other does not. An editor hasn't ruled yet, so this is rated low until they do.
Countries
- ROPBDB
- AustriaNHM
One source records a country the other does not. An editor hasn't ruled yet, so this is rated low until they do.
Did it meet…?
Same time, different places. Their fossils overlap in age, 72.2 to 66 million years ago, but no rock formation holds both.
Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.
Connections
Genera linked to Magyarosaurus by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.
Same rocks, same time 11
Genera found in the same rock units, from rocks of overlapping age, the most shared fossil sites first.
Same parent group: Eutitanosauria 7
Other genera in Eutitanosauria with a full profile.
Named by Huene 6
Genera whose naming authority includes the same surname. The authority has no initials, so different people who share a surname can appear together.
Found in Romania 12
Other genera found in Romania, from rocks of overlapping age, the most fossil sites there first.
Credits
Where this page comes from
- Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
- Natural History Museum Data PortalCC0 1.0 · catalogued specimens
- WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
- OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
- PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
- Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines
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