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Dromiceiomimus
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Dromiceiomimus looked very like a modern ostrich, but without the thick layer of feathers (it may have had some feathers).
Dromiceiomimus is now a nomen dubium (dubious name), because the fossils are no longer thought to represent a distinct dinosaur type.
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- Pronounced
- dro-MI-see-oh-me-muss
- Meaning of name
- emu mimic
- Length
- 3.5m
- Height
- 2m
- Weight
- 100kg
- Teeth
- horny beak
- Diet
- omnivorous
- Food
- plants, possibly insects and animals too
- How it moved
- on 2 legs
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(74 - 70 million years ago) - Found in
- Canada
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Ornithomimosauria, Ornithomimidae, Dromiceiomimus
- Named by
- Parks (1926)
- Type species
- brevitertius