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o n u m e n t s
Onithomimid
"Ophelia"
CLIENT
The
Hartman Foundation
INSTALLATION
Hartman
Prehistoric Garden
Zilker
Botanical Garden
DETAILS
Bronze
with multi-colored patina
Ornithomimus
(Greek
for "bird-mimic") is one of a group of medium-size
elongated dinosaurs that lived in North America during the late
Cretaceous period, 97 to 65 million years ago.
Scientists
believe this dinosaur was fast, traveling as much as 40 miles
per hour. The Ornithomimus in motion would have looked much like
the gait or stride of an ostrich or emu.
Approximately
8 feet long, it had a larger brain (for its size) than most
dinosaurs. Ornithomimus is thought to have lived on a diet of
plants, insects, eggs and small animal prey because of its
relatively small teeth and three-fingered forepaws.
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