Gallimimus
Gallimimus bullatus
Pronounced: Gal - ih - my - mus
Diet: Carnivore (Meat-Eater)
Name Means: "chicken mimic"
Length: 18 feet (6 m)
Height: 8 feet (3.5 m)
Weight: 1,000 pounds (500 kilos)
Time: Late Cretaceous - 70 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Asia
Gallimimus was a speedy predator, the largest of its type. They were called chicken mimics because they probably moved like modern flightless birds. Unlike other meat-eaters, Gallimimus had no teeth. In fact, it had a very small head. This was probably one of the fastest dinosaurs, with speed like a modern cheetah, it could probably run up to 60 mph.
With its small, toothless head, it is believed that Gallimimus probably had a diet of insects, small animals, eggs and maybe even some plants. They hand very long fingers and long arms, which they could use for digging or grabbing eggs. They had a much longer neck that any other therapod dinosaur. In Jurassic Park they were shown as large flock, but we don't know if that was real or movie behavior. |
