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|timezone=[[Eastern European Time|EET]]
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|map_caption = Location of Haţeg|
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official_name=Haţeg|
image_shield=Coa Hateg HD RO.png|
image_map=Hateg_in_Romania.png|
|subdivision_type1=[[Counties of Romania|County]]|
subdivision_name1=Hunedoara County|
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subdivision_name2={{Autolink|Town}}
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|leader_title=[[Mayor]]|
leader_name=Nicolae Timiş|
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leader_party=[[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]]|
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population_as_of=2002|
population_total=12507|latd=45|latm=36|lats=27|latNS=N|longd=22|longm=57|longs=0|longEW=E||
website=http://www.primaria-hateg.rdslink.ro/|
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'''Haţeg''' (pronunciation in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: /'hɑː.tseɪɡ/; [[German language|German]]: ''Wallenthal''; [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: ''Hátszeg'') is a town in [[Hunedoara County]], Romania with a population of 12,507.
'''Ţara Haţegului''' ([[Hateg County]]) is the region around Haţeg town. The fossils found in [[Hateg County]] span over 300 million years of Earth's geologic history, showing tropical coral reefs and volcanic island in the Tethys Sea, dinosaurs, primitive mammals, birds, and flying reptiles (such as ''[[Hatzegopteryx]]'', which was named for the region).
The '''[[Haţeg Island]]''' was an island during the [[Cretaceous]] [[Period (geology)|Period]] where a dwarf species of [[sauropod]] [[dinosaur]], ''[[Europasaurus|Europasaurus holgeri]]'', lived up to their extinction at the end of [[Cretaceous]]. Baron [[Franz Nopcsa]], published articles about these [[Mesozoic]] era [[archosaur]]s on Haţeg Island. His studies led to his theory of [[insular dwarfism]], the notion that "limited resources" on small islands can lead to a down-sizing of the indigenous [[vertebrate]] animals.
== External links ==
* [http://www.dinodata.net/DNM/hateg.htm Haţeg dinosaurs]
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