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Oryctodromeus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oryctodromeus (meaning "digging runner") was a genus of small orodromine thescelosaurid dinosaur. Fossils are known from the Late Cretaceous Blackleaf Formation of southwestern Montana and the Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho, USA, both of the Cenomanian stage, roughly 105-96 million years ago. A member of the small, presumably fast-running herbivorous family Thescelosauridae, Oryctodromeus is the first non-avian dinosaur published that shows evidence of burrowing behavior.
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Type species ...
Oryctodromeus | |
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Reconstructed skeleton, Museum of the Rockies | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Family: | †Thescelosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Orodrominae |
Genus: | †Oryctodromeus Varricchio et al., 2007 |
Type species | |
†Oryctodromeus cubicularis Varricchio et al., 2007 |
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