Theriosuchus, 71
Theriosuchus sympiestodon, 67, 68
Therizinosauroidea, 31, 110
Theropoda, 3, 16, 19, 107–9, 117
al-varezsaurids in, 37
avialan, 175
avian, 161
biogeographic dynamics of, 181
dromaeosaurid, 175
drom-aeosaurid and troodontid, 141
in Europe, 110
evolutionary relationships in, 31
growth of, 124, 145, 184
nona-vian, 161
and Ornithischia, 23
ostrich-mimicking, 31
and southern France, 175
in Spain, 176
Transylva-nian, 30–38
Thescelosaurus, 45, 160, 169
thyreophorans, 161
tigers, Bali, 119
Titanosauria, 2, 25–30, 107, 109, 133
anatomy of, 27, 28
cladogram of, 136
eggs of, 56
embryos of, 57, 58
and Europe, 182
growth and development of, 126, 137
source area for, 178
and southern France, 175
Titanosaurus indicus, 27
titanotheres, 122
toads, 80
Toteşti-baraj, 54
Traianus, 5
Transylvania, 64, 84
climate of, 99, 101, 102
fauna of, 141, 143, 150
floras of, 102–4
geologic history of, 94–97
and historical contingency, 167, 194
insularity of, 106–12, 118, 143–46, 167–68
paleogeography of, 98–105
paleosols of, 101, 102
Transylvania Depression, Basin, 15, 25, 46, 94, 98, 101, 105
tree ferns, 103
Tretosternon, 180
Triceratops, 23
Troodon, 30
Troodontidae, 31, 33, 36, 37
turtle, 73–77, 107–9, 118, 141, 184
turtle (Kallokibotion), 11, 180
turtle, Galapagos, 119
Tuştea, 54, 56, 57 typostrophy, 142
Tyrannosauroidea, 31, 110
Tyrannosaurus, 19, 30, 110, 117
Tyrannosaurus rex, 23, 124
Ukraine, 108
United States, 27, 117, 177
Urodela, 80
Valdosaurus, 169
Vălioara, 15, 60, 63, 67
Van Valen, Leigh, 143, 195, 196, 197
Vardar Ocean, 95
Velociraptor, 30, 32, 36
Versluys, Jan, 10
Vertebrata, 19
Villaggio del Pescatore, 172
Vinţu de Jos, 15, 46
Vurpăr, 15, 40, 46, 73, 77, 101
Vurpăr Formation, 47
walnut (Juglandaceae), 103, 104
Wegner, Alfred L., 89–91
whiptail lizards, 73
William of Ockham, 21
Wiman, Carl, 10
woodchuck, 77
worm lizards, 73
Zalmoxes, 2, 3, 43–48, 50, 59, 168, 176
body size of, 187
ghost lineage of, 157–59, 161
growth and development of, 126, 137–40, 146
migration of, 182, 183
and Nopcsa, 10
and North America, 177
and rate of evolution, 160–62
source area for, 178
Zalmoxes robustus, 16, 46, 138, 157, 159, 160
growth and development of, 125, 139–41, 184
Zalmoxes shqiperorum, 46, 157, 159, 160
growth and development of, 138–40, 184
Zeicani, 87
ziphodonts, 67
Ziphosuchia, 71
PLATE I. Top: Our Transylvanian camp on the Sibişel River, 1994. Bottom: Our field crew, 1995
PLATE II. Top: Franz Baron Nopcsa (1877–1933). Bottom: The Nopcsa castle at Săcel, Romania
PLATE III. Left: The positions of Romania in Europe (top); Transylvania in Romania (middle); and the Haţeg Basin in Transylvania (bottom). Right: A restoration of the titanosaur sauropod Magyarosaurus dacus
PLATE IV. Top: A restoration of the “Romanian raptor.” Bottom: A restoration of the nodosaurid ankylosaur Struthiosaurus transylvanicus
PLATE V. Top: A restoration of the ornithopod Zalmoxes robustus (after “Walking with Dinosaurs,” 1999. BBC Television). Bottom: A restoration of the ornithopod Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus
PLATE VII. Top: The Retezat Mountains. Bottom left and right: An outcrop of the Sănpetru Formation along the Sibişel River
PLATE VI. Opposite. Paleogeographic maps of the Tethyan realm during the Early Cretaceous (bottom), mid-Cretaceous (middle), and Late Cretaceous (top). North America, Iberia, Africa, Apulia, Rhodope, Moesia, Neotethys, and Eurasia are indicated on the Early Cretaceous map. Haţeg Island is indicated on the Late Cretaceous map (after R. Blakey, www2.nau.edu/rc67/).
PLATE VIII. Outcrops in the Haţeg Basin:
Lower Quarry, Sânpetru Formation (top left);
Tuştea, Densuş-Ciula Formation (top right);
and Pui, Sânpetru Formation (bottom)
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