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Gallimimus
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Gallimimus

Gallimimus bullatus

Era: CretaceousDiet: OmnivorousPeriod: Late CretaceousSize: 6mWeight: 490kg

Gallimimus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous period. Several fossils in various stages of growth were discovered by Polish-Mongolian expeditions in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia during the 1960s; a large skeleton discovered in this region was made the holotype specimen of the new genus and species Gallimimus bullatus in 1972