Ornitholestes

Ornitholestes Facts

Name Means	"Bird Robber"
Type	Carnivore, possibly also a scavenger
Lived When	Jurassic (150 million years ago)
Length	6 1/2 feet
Height	1 1/2 to 2 feet tall
Weapons	Sharp teeth, and a powerful bite due to a strong skull
Diet	Scientists aren't sure, but they THINK: lizards, small mammals, possibly birds; it may have fed on the dead bodies of other animals too
Habitat	Forest, fossil found in Wyoming
Interesting Ornitholestes Facts	We don't have a complete skeleton of ornithoestes, just a badly crushed skull found in Medicine Bow, Wyoming

Ornitholestes' sharp upper and lower teeth
fit together like sharp bars to trap prey.

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