Crataeomus

strong shoulder (probable)

• krataios · Greek · strong, mighty
• omos · Greek · shoulder

The name is probably built from Greek roots meaning "strong" and "shoulder". This would refer to the robust armoured ankylosaur remains Seeley described from Austria. I'm not fully certain of this derivation, so treat it with caution.

Named by

Seeley

Year named

1881

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Gosau Formation, Austria

Crataeomus is an armoured nodosaurid dinosaur named from fragmentary Gosau Group material in Austria. It is generally regarded as a junior synonym of Struthiosaurus. The etymology given here is an inference from the Greek roots and not a confirmed statement from the original description.