Island (now the Haţeg or Hatzeg basin in Romania) during the Mesozoic era. Nopcsa's proposal of dinosaur dwarfism on Hațeg Island is today widely accepted after further research confirmed that the remains found are not from juveniles. Sauropods Other In addition, the genus Balaur was initially described as a Velociraptor-sized dromaeosaurid (and in consequence a dubious example of insular dwarfism), but has been since reclassified as a secondarily flightless stem bird, closer to modern birds than Jeholornis (thus actually an example of insular gigantism). Birds Squamates Mammals Pilosans Proboscideans Primates Carnivorans Non-ruminant ungulates Bovids Cervids and relatives Plants See also Island gigantism Island tameness Pleistocene extinctions Island syndrome Notes References External links Strange world of island species October 31, 2004 The Observer Animal size Evolutionary biology Dwarfism