Dinosaur: Getting to Know the Gallimimus kids and teens
The dinosaur Gallimimus is probably best recognised from the
appearance in the 1st outing of the Jurassic Park films. Yes, they were
the Ostrich like dinos which were seen flocking together in their
attempts to evade a Tyrannosaurus Rex attack which sadly failed, as one
of them wasn't quite quick enough and ended up as T-Rex food. In reality
this dinosaur was only discovered in the 1960's / 1970's and I'm afraid
to say there hasn't yet been any evidence to support that they herded
as the film suggests, or even grounds to base that upon.
Fossils of Gallimimus have been found in the Gobi Desert and parts of Mongolia. Standing at around five meters tall, Gallimimus was the quickest of the Ornithomimosauria family. Try saying that quickly three times in a row. They lived in the late Cretaceous period, around 75 million to 70 million years ago and would have survived on small vertebrates and insects which would have been in abundance at the time. Some suggest they actually dug up other dinosaur's eggs, yet others disagree with that theory.
From a full fossil skull that has been found in the Gobi Desert, it's really easy to see bird like features and many experts have suggested that their faces would have resembled the modern-day goose due to their very long snouts which would have worked in a similar fashion to a bird's bill. Their eyes were on the side of their head, similar to an Ostrich, so it's doubtful they would have had good depth perception.
With a long mobile neck that stretched down to its body, Gallimimus had extremely short and probably extremely weak arms and although Gallimimus was the largest of the Ornithomimosauria family, had the smallest hands of the bunch, measuring less than one-quarter the length of its forelimb.
To complete the appearance, Gallimimus had very long legs and a very long tail, which may well have supported with balance as experts suspect that Galli, as we are now calling them, could probably run extremely fast and although the common thought is around 25 plus miles per hour there have been some predictions headed north of 50 miles per hour.
In relative terms, experts believe Gallimimus was one of the more intelligent dinosaurs. This is based upon relative brain to body weight. These features all make Galli a unique dinosaur and is yet another example as to why we all love and maintain an interest with these special creatures that once ruled the planet.
Fossils of Gallimimus have been found in the Gobi Desert and parts of Mongolia. Standing at around five meters tall, Gallimimus was the quickest of the Ornithomimosauria family. Try saying that quickly three times in a row. They lived in the late Cretaceous period, around 75 million to 70 million years ago and would have survived on small vertebrates and insects which would have been in abundance at the time. Some suggest they actually dug up other dinosaur's eggs, yet others disagree with that theory.
From a full fossil skull that has been found in the Gobi Desert, it's really easy to see bird like features and many experts have suggested that their faces would have resembled the modern-day goose due to their very long snouts which would have worked in a similar fashion to a bird's bill. Their eyes were on the side of their head, similar to an Ostrich, so it's doubtful they would have had good depth perception.
With a long mobile neck that stretched down to its body, Gallimimus had extremely short and probably extremely weak arms and although Gallimimus was the largest of the Ornithomimosauria family, had the smallest hands of the bunch, measuring less than one-quarter the length of its forelimb.
To complete the appearance, Gallimimus had very long legs and a very long tail, which may well have supported with balance as experts suspect that Galli, as we are now calling them, could probably run extremely fast and although the common thought is around 25 plus miles per hour there have been some predictions headed north of 50 miles per hour.
In relative terms, experts believe Gallimimus was one of the more intelligent dinosaurs. This is based upon relative brain to body weight. These features all make Galli a unique dinosaur and is yet another example as to why we all love and maintain an interest with these special creatures that once ruled the planet.
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