Orodromeus

Pronunciation:
or-oh-DROM-ee-us
Name meaning:
'mountain runner'
Type of dinosaur:
small ornithopod
Length:
2.0m
Weight:
50kg
Diet:
herbivorous
Teeth:
horny beak, grinding cheek teeth
Food:
tough plant material
How it moved:
on 2 legs
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 74 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda
Named by:
Horner and Weishampel (1988)
Type species:
makelai

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