Dinosaur
Orodromeus
Its name means "runner of the mountains."
Orodromeus was a North American herbivore whose name means "mountain runner."
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Orodromeus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Thescelosauridae
- Thescelosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Montana
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Orodromeus
It was a herbivorous dinosaur from the thescelosaurid family. The recognized species is O. makelai, belonging to the North American late Cretaceous fauna.
The name makes it memorable, but does not prove how fast it ran or that it always lived in mountains. Its relationship with the thescelosaurids is a firmer part of its description.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Orodromeus makelai
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- Orodromeus
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- Thescelosauridae
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- Living birds
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