Ornithomimus

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Ornithomimus was an omnivore (ate meat and plants) that lived from 76 to 65 million years ago

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• Asian Dinosaurs - Ornithomimus lived in North America and Asia.
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Ornithomimus lived between about 76 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Extinction - Ornithomimus died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• North American Dinosaurs - Ornithomimus lived in North America and Asia.
  
  
• Ornithomimus Pictures
  
  
• Saurischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Theropod Dinosaurs

Ornithomimus Facts

Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Ornithomimus: Ornithomimus was a genus of dinosaur. "Ornithomimus" means "bird mimic". The name was chosen by Othniel C. Marsh in 1890. Ornithomimus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Ornithomimus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones. Ornithomimus was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Ornithomimus was not itself an ancestor of birds). Ornithomimus lived between about 76 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period. Ornithomimus was one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era. Ornithomimus lived in North America and Asia. Ornithomimus was a omnivore (ate both meat and plants). Ornithomimus was about 12 feet (3.7 meters) long. Ornithomimus weighed about 300 pounds (136 kilograms).

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