Othnielia facts for kids
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Othnielia
Galton, 1977
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Othnielia was an ornithopod dinosaur that measured about 4 ft (1.1 m) long, weighing about 50 pounds (22.5 kg). Othnielia had a horny beak and a small skull with self-sharpening cheek teeth. Othnielia may have had cheek pouches.
This plant eater was bipedal (walked on two legs). It had thin legs and a stiffened tail that gave it speed and agility. It had five-fingered hands and four-toed feet, all clawed. It had large eyes and short arms. Othnielia resembled Hypsilophodon. Its fossils (two partial skeletons and teeth) were found in Colorado and Utah in rocks of the Late Jurassic age.
Images for kids
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Holotype dentary and ilium
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Type specimen of Nanosaurus agilis Marsh 1877 (YPM VP 1913) as illustrated in 1908 (left) and cast of the bone impressions after the fragmentary bone was removed (right)
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Othniel Charles Marsh's 1896 skeletal restoration of "Laosaurus" consors (now Nanosaurus).
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Cast mounted as if a herd running, Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
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Life restoration
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Casts mounted as if fighting, Wyoming Dinosaur Center
See also
In Spanish: Othnielia rex para niños
