Haţeg 2256978 214316736 2008-05-23T00:25:20Z PipepBot 4984067 robot Adding: [[it:Haţeg]] {{Infobox Settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{ROU}} |timezone=[[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset=+2 |timezone_DST=[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] |utc_offset_DST=+3 |map_caption = Location of Haţeg| | 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| |subdivision_type2=[[Subdivisions of Romania|Status]]| subdivision_name2={{Autolink|Town}} |settlement_type=Town|| |leader_title=[[Mayor]]| leader_name=Nicolae Timiş| | leader_party=[[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]]| area_total_km2=| 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/| }} '''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] {{Municipalities and Towns of Hunedoara County}} {{Hunedoara-geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hateg}} [[Category:Cities in Romania]] [[Category:Hunedoara County]] [[eo:Haţeg]] [[fr:Haţeg]] [[it:Haţeg]] [[hu:Hátszeg]] [[pl:Haţeg]] [[pt:Haţeg]] [[ro:Haţeg]] [[tg:Хатсег]]