OrnithischiaThescelosauridaeROM 804

Parksosaurus warreni

Parksosaurus warreni skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~3 m.
Scale bar = 50 centimeters
Taxon
Parksosaurus warreni (Parks, 1926)
Specimen
ROM 804
Reconstructed length
~3 m (10 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2011, revised 2013
Clade
  1. Ornithischia
  2. Neornithischia
  3. Thescelosauridae

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A small thescelosaurid ornithopod from the latest Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Parksosaurus was a lightly built, bipedal plant-eater. Like other small ornithopods, it may have rested in burrows when not out foraging for food, for protection and warmth.

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