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Image: Ornithomimid filter-feeding
Description
Ornithomimosaur filter-feeding. Illustration based on fossils of Ornithomimus edmontonicus.
- Illustrator:
- Michael Skrepnick
- Rights:
- © Michael Skrepnick
Additional information
The fossils of Ornithomimus edmontonicus were found with some soft tissues of their jaws preserved. These tissues are like those of some llinvg water birds, such as flamingos, taht eat by straining food from sediment.
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