Struthiomimus
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| Struthiomimus Fossil range: Upper Cretaceous |
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Struthiomimus was a long-legged, ostrich-like dinosaur of the ornithomimidae family, which lived in the area that is now Alberta, Canada, during the late Cretaceous, approximately 75 to 65 million years ago. It was very fast and was known for the world's fastest dinosaur. It could go 64 km an hour.[1]
[change] References
- ↑ Willis, Paul (2003). "Reader's Digest Pathfinders" Creatures of the Air and Sea. Singapore: Reader's Digest Children's Books. ISBN 0-7944-0351-4.
