[D] Struthiomimus altus [Su] [T]
Describer
Lambe, 1902
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Ornithomimosauria Ornithomimidae
Diet
Omnivore
Fossilsite
Judith River Group (Wedge), Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada
Fall Under
Struthiomimus
Length
4 meter
Info
Typespecies - Skull
Struthiomimus (Osborn, 1917) > Struthiomimus altus (Lambe, 1902) = Ornithomimus altus (Lambe, 1902)
Skull and complete postcrania 2 partial skulls with associated fragmentary postcrania, 8 incomplete postcrania.
Struthiomimus (\\\\\\\"ostrich-mimic\\\\\\\") is the best known of North America\\\\\\\'s large, birdlike running dinosaurs. A skeleton found in Alberta, Canada shows striking similarities to that of a modern ostrich (Struthio).
Both have a small head, large eye sockets, a toothless beak, a long neck, a short back, long legs with longer shins than things, elongated upper foot bones, and three large, forwardfacing toes with claws. Unlike the ostrich, Struthiomimus had gangling arms, with clawed, three-fingered hands, and a long tail with a stiffened end; and it probably had bare, scaly skin.
Lambe, 1902
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Ornithomimosauria Ornithomimidae
Diet
Omnivore
Fossilsite
Judith River Group (Wedge), Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada
Fall Under
Struthiomimus
Length
4 meter
Info
Typespecies - Skull
Struthiomimus (Osborn, 1917) > Struthiomimus altus (Lambe, 1902) = Ornithomimus altus (Lambe, 1902)
Skull and complete postcrania 2 partial skulls with associated fragmentary postcrania, 8 incomplete postcrania.
Struthiomimus (\\\\\\\"ostrich-mimic\\\\\\\") is the best known of North America\\\\\\\'s large, birdlike running dinosaurs. A skeleton found in Alberta, Canada shows striking similarities to that of a modern ostrich (Struthio).
Both have a small head, large eye sockets, a toothless beak, a long neck, a short back, long legs with longer shins than things, elongated upper foot bones, and three large, forwardfacing toes with claws. Unlike the ostrich, Struthiomimus had gangling arms, with clawed, three-fingered hands, and a long tail with a stiffened end; and it probably had bare, scaly skin.