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Death Pose of an Ornithomimus Dinosaur

Death Pose of the skeleton of an Ornithomimus dinosaur. The striking pose results from the drying out of ligaments and muscles along the backbone after death. As they dry they pull the head back and the tail forward. Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.

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Death Pose of an Ornithomimus Dinosaur

Caption:

Death Pose of the skeleton of an Ornithomimus dinosaur. The striking pose results from the drying out of ligaments and muscles along the backbone after death. As they dry they pull the head back and the tail forward. Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.

Credit:

Album / Science Source / Stephen J. Krasemann

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2852 x 4304 px | 35.1 MB

Print size:

24.1 x 36.4 cm | 9.5 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ALBERTA CANADA • BIRD-LIKE DINOSAUR • CANADIAN MUSEUM • CREEPY DEATH POSE • CRETACEOUS PERIOD • DINOSAUR EXHIBIT • DINOSAUR FOSSIL • DINOSAUR • DINOSAURS • EXTINCT REPTILE • FOSSIL • FOSSILIZED BONES • FULL SKELETON • IN MATRIX • IN ROCK • LATE CRETACEOUS • MESOZOIC ERA • MUSEUM DISPLAY • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN • ORNITHOMIMIDAE • ORNITHOMIMUS EDMONTONICUS • ORNITHOMIMUS • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PREHISTORIC ANIMAL • ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM • SAURISCHIA • SAURISCHIAN • SAUROPSIDA • SAUROPSIDAE • THEROPOD • THEROPODA • WHOLE SKELETON