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ORYCTODROMEUS
(oh-rik-toe-dro-mee-us)
meaning: "Digging Runner"
Oryctodromeus
Named By: Varricchio et al. in 2007
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Location: USA, Idaho - Wayan Formation, Montana - Blackleaf Formation
Size: 2.1 meters long for adults
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Several partial skeletons
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Cerapoda | Ornithopoda | Hypsilophodontidae |
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Oryctodromeus (meaning "digging runner") was a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur. Fossils are known from the middle Cretaceous Blackleaf Formation of southwestern Montana and the Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho, USA, both of the Cenomanian stage, roughly 95 million years ago. A member of the small, presumably fast-running herbivorous family Thescelosauridae, Oryctodromeus is the first dinosaur published that shows evidence of burrowing behavior.

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