Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Thescelosauridae
Orodromeus Orodromeus makelai Horner and Weishampel 1988
/ˈɔːɹədɹˌoʊmiəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Montana
Formations
Two Medicine · Hell Creek · Judith River
Dig sites
8
distinct collections
Overview
Orodromeus makelai is a dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Montana, United States. It was named by Horner and Weishampel 1988. The species is represented by 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~27%
well attested
Based on 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Orodromeus makelai sits in deep time
Orodromeus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Orodromeus makelai's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.