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bird-hipped dinosaur
Kulindadromeus
Say it like this: “KOO-lin-dah-DRO-mee-us”
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus
Kulindadromeus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in Russia.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Godefroit, P.; Sinitsa, S. M.; Dhouailly, D.; Bolotsky, Y. L.; Sizov, A. V.; McNamara, M. E.; Benton, M. J.; Spagna, P.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1–1.5 m · 3–5 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 4 lb
- Found in
- Russia · Ukureyskaya
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Neornithischia
The story in short
In 2014, P. Godefroit and colleagues published the name Kulindadromeus. The name means “kulinda runner.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian), roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago. Finds come from Russia, including the Ukureyskaya Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Kulindadromeus at a length near 1–1.5 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Neornithischia, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agilisaurus
Agilisaurus louderbacki
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago
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Hexinlusaurus
Hexinlusaurus multidens
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