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Ornithomimus



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Scientific Classification
  Kingdom Animalia
  Phylum Chordata
  Class Sauropsida
  Superorder Dinosauria
  Order Saurischia
  Suborder Theropoda
  (unranked) Coelurosauria
  (unranked) Ornithomimiformes
  Superfamily Ornithomimosauria
  Family Ornithomimidae
  Genus Ornithomimus
Ornithomimus was an ominovorous dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous period, about 76 to 65 million years ago. Fossils have been found in North America and Asia.

It was about 12 feet (3.7 meters) long. It would have held its body parallel to the ground, balanced by its extra long tail.

Ornithomimus was a fast runner, and could probably have reached speeds of about 30 miles per hour (50 kilometers per hour). It probably ate insects, small reptiles, mammals, fruit, and leaves. It may also have raided the nests of other dinosaurs to steal and eat their eggs.

The creature's name means "bird mimic" and was chosen by Othniel C. Marsh in 1890. Marsh chose the name based only on a foot and partial hand of the first species found, Ornithomimus velox. In 1933, a more complete skeleton of a second species, Ornithomimus edmontonicus was found in Canada.

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

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

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Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Ornithomimus:
  1. Ornithomimus was a genus of dinosaur.

  2. "Ornithomimus" means "bird mimic". The name was chosen by Othniel C. Marsh in 1890.

  3. 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.

  4. 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).

  5. Ornithomimus lived between about 76 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.

  6. Ornithomimus was one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era.

  7. Ornithomimus lived in North America and Asia.

  8. Ornithomimus was a omnivore (ate both meat and plants).

  9. Ornithomimus was about 12 feet (3.7 meters) long.

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Ornithomimus: Pursuing the Bird-Mimic Dinosaur (Discoveries in Paleontology)
By Monique Keiran

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Ornithomimus: Pursuing the Bird-Mimic Dinosaur (Discoveries in Paleontology)
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In 1995, a team of paleontologists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum discovered the skeleton of Ornithomimus, or Bird Mimic Dinosaur, a long-legged, long-necked dinosaur that lived and died 75 million years ago. Attached to its jaws were remnants of a beak - the first ever found on a dinosaur skeleton. Ornithomimus creates a vivid picture of a living, breathing dinosaur and its ancient world that will thrill dinosaur devotees of all ages.
Ornithomimus And Other Fast Dinosaurs (Dinosaur Find)
By Dougal Dixon

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Ornithomimus: And Other Speedy "ostrich Dinosaurs (Prehistoric World)
By Virginia Schomp

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Ornithomimids, the Fastest Dinosaur (Special Dinosaurs)
By Don Lessem

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Ornithomimids, the Fastest Dinosaur (Special Dinosaurs)
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Describes the research and paleontological investigation that led to the identification and classification of ornithomimid dinosaurs.
Ornitomimo/Ornithomimus (Dinosaur Series) (Spanish Edition)
By Laura Alden

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Ornithomimus : Dinosaurs Series
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Presents facts and theories about the physical characteristics and behavior of the Ornithomimus.
Ornithomimosauria: Ornithomimidae, Ornithomimus, Deinocheirus, Pelecanimimus, Struthiomimus, Gallimimus, Archaeornithomimus, Sinornithomimus (German Edition)
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Kapitel: Ornithomimidae, Ornithomimus, Deinocheirus, Pelecanimimus, Struthiomimus, Gallimimus, Archaeornithomimus, Sinornithomimus, Harpymimus, Garudimimus, Shenzhousaurus, Timimus, Anserimimus, Coelosaurus. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Ornithomimus (pronounced meaning 'bird mimic') is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. Ornithomimus velox was named on the basis of a foot and partial hand from the Maastrichtian Denver Formation, but better material has since been found in Canada, including the Edmontonian-age Ornithomimus edmontonicus and an excellent articulated specimen (species unknown) from Dinosaur Provincial Park. Other specimens assigned to Ornithomimus have been discovered on the Eastern Coast of the USA. Ornithomimus edmontonicus, Royal Ontario Museum.Like other ornithomimids, Ornithomimus is characterized by a three-toed foot, long slender arms and a long neck with a birdlike skull. It differs from other ornithomimids, such as Struthiomimus, in having very slender, straight hand and foot claws and in having metacarpals and fingers of similar lengths. Its hands are remarkably sloth-like in appearance, which led Henry Fairfield Osborn to suggest that they were used to hook branches during feeding. Ornithomimus was 12 ft (3.5 meters) long, 7 feet (2.10 meters) high and weighed around 100-150 kg. It was bipedal and superficially resembled an ostrich, except for its long tail. It would have been a swift runner. Ornithomimus played a prominent role in the television series Prehistoric Park, where they were featured, to a greater or lesser extent, in every episode. They were portrayed as flock animals whose chicks have fluffy feathers and imprint on the first thing they see. They were also shown to have feeding habits more like that of a duck than an ostrich, a behavior based on an hypothesis (since refuted) which proposed that ornithomimids were filter feeders. Orn...http://booksllc.net/?l=de

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