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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Gallimimus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Gallimimus means "rooster mimic" Pronounced - GAL-i-MIEM-us Named By - , Halszka Osmólska, Ewa Roniewicz, and Rinchen Barsbold When Named - 1972 |
| DIET: | Omnivore (eating meat and plants) - Gallimimus may have eaten small animals 9like insects and lizards), eggs, and some plant material, by sieving them from mud with comb-like plates in its mouth. |
| SIZE: | Length - 13-20 ft (4-6 m) long Height - 6.3 ft (1.9 m) tall at the hips Weight - 970 pounds (440 kg) |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 75-70 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, Asia. |
| FOSSILS: | Gallimimus was found in the Gobi desert in the early 1970's. A few fossils have been found. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Gallimimus was a fast-moving, bird-like dinosaur with a toothless beak; the bottom front part of its beak was shaped like a shovel. It had long legs, a long neck, a long tail, and hollow bones. This dinosaur had short arms with three clawed fingers on each hand, and long legs with three clawed toes on each |
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