Gallimimus

Gallimimus: meaning 'fowl mimic', is a genus of ornithomimosaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period

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Dino Fact of the Day: Dinosaurs did not fly or live in the sea.

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Dino Fact of the Day: There were about thirty times more herbivore type of dinosaurs than carnivores tyes.

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Dino Fact of the Day: The smallest dinosaur ever found was called Mussaurus and was only 8 inches long.

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Dino Fact of the Day: The Iguanodon shin bone found in 1809 was not identified as belonging to Iguanodon until the late 1970s.

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Dino Fact of the Day:Ornithomimosaurs may have ran as fast as 43 mph 70 kmph

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Dino Fact of the Day: The name ornithomimosaur means - bird-mimic reptile.

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Dino Fact of the Day: Allosaurus has been known by more than nine different names since the frist fossil remains were found.

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Dino Fact of the Day: Most carnosaur species existed in the last 10 million years of the Cretaceous period.

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There is no evidence that Gallimimus gathered in herds.

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Dino Fact of the Day: Piatnitzkysaurus, from the Jurassic period, is the oldest known carnosaur.

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had many adaptations which suggest good running ability, such as long limbs, a long tibia and short toes, but unknown how fast it could run.

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Gallimimus comes from the family Ornithomimosauria - fast-moving, ostrich-like dinosaurs

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@caitlin_taylor you dont have to know what it means! Thats the beauty of the Gallimimus!

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Dino Fact of the Day: At least five vertebrae supported the pelvis of a theropod.

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Some scientists believe that Gallimimus may have dug up other dinosaurs' eggs buried in sand, and then cracked them open with its beak.

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Dino Fact of the Day: Many theropods had no fourth or fifth fingers.

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Gallimimus lived in the late Cretaceous period, about 75-70 million years ago.

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Gallimimus was a fast-moving, bird-like dinosaur with a toothless beak; the bottom front part of its beak was shaped like a shovel.

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Dino Fact of the Day:
Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the last theropods, living 65 million years ago.