Oryctodromeus
Field photograph to come
Oryctodromeus
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- Lived
- 106 to 94 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Varricchio et al. 2007
Field notes
About Oryctodromeus
Oryctodromeus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 106 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 9 finds of Oryctodromeus, from Idaho and Montana. Its fossils come from rocks including the Wayan Formation and the Blackleaf Formation. It was named by Varricchio et al. in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
100 million years ago
To scale
How big was Oryctodromeus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Thescelosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. J. Varricchio, A. J. Martin, and Y. Katsura. 2007. First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:1361-1368