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Gallimimus
"Rooster mimic"
ANATOMY
Gallimimus was an oviraptor with a very long, thin, flattened, toothless,
horny beak, a small head, a relatively large brain,
a long neck, long tail, long legs, and hollow bones. It had large
eyes positioned on opposite sites of its head, ruling out
binocular vision (depth perception). It was up about 17 feet long
(5 m) and may have weighed about 900-1,100 pounds
(400-500 kg). It had short arms with three clawed fingers on each
hand, and long legs with three clawed toes on each. A
long tail acted as a counterbalance and as a stabilizer during fast
turns. Its bones were hollow.
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