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Oryctodromeus cubicularis - Museum of the Rockies

Oryctodromeus cubicularis on display at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. This is the first burrowing dinosaur ever discovered.

 

This fossil was discovered about 2005 in the Blackleaf Formation near Lima Peaks, Beaverhead County, Montana.

 

Oryctodromeus lived about 95 million years ago. It was a bipedal swift herbivore, about 6.8 feet long and weighing about 50 to 70 pounds. It raised three or more young in a burrow, indicating a long period of childrearing.

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Uploaded on June 9, 2016
Taken on December 28, 2015