Dromiceiomimus

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Dromiceiomimus was an omnivore (ate meat and plants) that lived from 80 to 65 million years ago

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• Cretaceous Period - Dromiceiomimus lived between about 80 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Extinction - Dromiceiomimus died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• North American Dinosaurs - Dromiceiomimus lived in North America.
  
  
• Saurischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Theropod Dinosaurs

Dromiceiomimus Facts

Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Dromiceiomimus: Dromiceiomimus was a genus of dinosaur. "Dromiceiomimus" means "emu mimic". Dromiceiomimus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Dromiceiomimus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones. Dromiceiomimus was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Dromiceiomimus was not itself an ancestor of birds). Dromiceiomimus lived between about 80 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period. Dromiceiomimus was one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era. Dromiceiomimus lived in North America. Dromiceiomimus was a omnivore (ate both meat and plants). Dromiceiomimus is usually thought of as an omnivore, as the animal's body shape suggests it would have been suited to a part herbivorous (plant-eating) lifestyle. However, it has also been argued that Dromiceiomimus may have been entirely carnivorous (meat-eating). Dromiceiomimus was about 14 feet (4.3 meters) long, and about 4½ (1.4 meters) tall at the hips. Dromiceiomimus weighed about 330 pounds (150 kilograms).

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