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Thescelosauridae

Nevadadromeus

"Nevada runner"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nevadadromeus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Nevadadromeus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
United States
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Thescelosauridae

Nevadadromeus (meaning “Nevada runner”) is an extinct genus of small thescelosaurine ornithischian dinosaur, from the Willow Tank Formation of Nevada, United States. The genus contains a single species, N. schmitti, which represents the first non-avian dinosaur named from Nevada.

What we know

  • Named by Bonde et al., 2022.
  • Fossils found in United States.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Nevadadromeus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.