🎨 RestorationRestoration: Nobu Tamura ( http://spinops.blogspot.com ) · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Life restorations are artistic reconstructions based on fossil evidence; true coloration and soft-tissue details remain uncertain.
Thescelosaurus
Thescelosaurus neglectus (Thescelosaurus · Thescelosaurus)
Known only from fossils. The IUCN Red List assesses only species extant since 1500 CE, so fossil taxa are not assigned a category.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its estimated body length of about 3.5 m (representative value for the genus) is about 1 m shorter than a passenger car (about 4.5 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 A length of 3.5 m is slightly longer than a table-tennis table (2.74 m long) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
Thescelosaurus neglectus (genus Thescelosaurus) was a small herbivorous dinosaur that lived in what are now Canada and the United States during the Late Cretaceous.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
The Natural History Museum, London guide introduces it as a 'small ornithopod,' with an estimated body length of about 3.5 m (representative value for the genus).
🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology
The guide introduces it as herbivorous and notes that its fossils were found in Canada and the United States.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • Fossil taxon — the IUCN Red List assesses only species living or extinct since 1500
- • paleobiodb.org — basicTaxonInfo
- • wikidata.org — Q22111444
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Thescelosaurus BW3.jpg
- • nhm.ac.uk — thescelosaurus.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Cy Marchant · CC BY 4.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Fona herzogae)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.