Garudimimus Sunday

Hey guys and gals. here's the second blog. 

Garudimimus was considered a ornithomimosaur but this one, unlike the others had a shorter ilia, legs were shorter and muscles were not well developed.  ‬This has led to speculation that Garudimimus would have actually been quite slow for an ornithomimosaur,‭ ‬although it could still probably out pace a human runner with ease.‭ ‬The feet of Garudimimus also had four toes rather than the‭ ‘‬normal‭’ ‬three of other ornithomimosaurs.‭ ‬It is uncertain how these features affected its life,‭ ‬but scleral rings‭ (‬the bony rings that were within the eyes‭) ‬in Garudimimus are of the kind that suggest it was a cathemeral dinosaur,‭ ‬active for short periods during both day and night.‭ ‬Early reconstructions of Garudimimus gave it a short horn on top of its skull in front of the eyes,‭ ‬but this has now been discovered to be a fragment of the skull that had broken loose.‭ ‬For a primitive ornithomimosaur that really did have a skull crest,‭ ‬see Pelicanimimus.