Tethyshadros

Tethys hadrosaur (stout one of the Tethys Sea)

• Tethys · Greek · the Tethys Ocean (named after the Titan sea goddess Tethys)
• hadros · Greek · bulky, stout (as in hadrosaur)

The name combines Tethys, the ancient Tethys Ocean that once surrounded the island landmasses of what is now Europe, with the Greek "hadros" meaning "bulky" or "stout", a root used in hadrosaur names. It refers to the animal's discovery in Italy, on land that was part of an island in the Tethys region during the Cretaceous. The species is Tethyshadros insularis, "insularis" meaning "of the island".

Named by

Dalla Vecchia

Year named

2009

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Campanian – Maastrichtian

Found in

Near Villaggio del Pescatore (Duino-Aurisina), Trieste, northeastern Italy

Known from a nearly complete skeleton nicknamed "Antonio". It is a small, primitive hadrosauroid (not a true hadrosaurid) that lived on an island in the Mediterranean Tethys region. Its exact age is often given as roughly Campanian to early Maastrichtian, and the stage range here is approximate.