Dinosaurs A to Z
Thescelosauridae

Orodromeus

"Mountain Runner"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Orodromeus 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 Orodromeus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
North America
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Thescelosauridae

Orodromeus (meaning “Mountain Runner”) is a genus of herbivorous orodromine thescelosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Only one species is known, the type species Orodromeus makelai.

What we know

  • Named by Horner & Weishampel, 1988.
  • Fossils found in North America.

What we guess

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