Thescelosaurus neglectus
Taxon
Thescelosaurus neglectus Gilmore, 1913
Reconstructed length
~4 m (13 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2017, revised 2026
Clade
- Ornithischia
- Neornithischia
- Thescelosauridae
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Thescelosaurus was a small ornithischian plant-eater from the very end of the Cretaceous in western North America, about 66 million years ago. Thescelosaurus was a sturdily built bipedal runner that persisted right up to the extinction event, making it one of the last known non-avian dinosaurs.
