Dinosaur
Oryctodromeus
Young animals found with adults in a burrow suggest that adults protected their young.
Oryctodromeus provides evidence that some dinosaurs excavated burrows.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Oryctodromeus 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 Oryctodromeus
It was a small thescelosaurid, probably agile and herbivorous. It was the first non-avian dinosaur described with evidence of burrowing behavior.
Adults and juveniles found in a burrow suggest that the young were protected. The burrow offers clues to everyday life that an isolated bone could not provide.
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.A note on the science
Adults and juveniles found in a burrow suggest that the young were protected. The burrow offers clues to everyday life that an isolated bone could not provide.
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- Oryctodromeus cubicularis
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- Oryctodromeus
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- Thescelosauridae
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- Living birds
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