Orodromeus makelai
Taxon
Orodromeus makelai Horner & Weishampel, 1988
Reconstructed length
~1.6 m (5 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2018
Clade
- Ornithischia
- Neornithischia
- Thescelosauridae
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A small thescelosaurid ornithopod from the Late Cretaceous of Montana. Orodromeus was a swift, bipedal plant-eater known from the same region as the nesting dinosaur Maiasaura. There is a reasonable chance that Orodromeus (and many other small ornithopods) burrowed, as has been documented in its close relative, Oryctodromeus.
