Ornithomimid

* Mature male
* Immature Male
* Female
* Juvenile

*"The fast, ostrich-like ornithomimid is a ubiquitous sight in the more open areas of the floodplain. While palaeontologists have referred to this animal as both a species of Ornithomimus and Struthiomimus, it's true relationship remains unclear. With a top-speed of over 50kph, Ornithomimids are the fastest animals in Hell Creek and among the fastest of all dinosaurs. Ornithomimids display a mostly herbivorous diet, however, ornithomimids will also take animal food, such as lizards, mammals and eggs."*

― *Saurian* encyclopedia

The Hell Creek **Ornithomimid** is an omnivorous ornithomimosaur theropod that appears in *Saurian*. It is based on material attributed to the dubious species *Struthiomimus sedens*, albeit following Gregory S. Paul's classification that there is not enough significant difference from this species to make it distinguishable from *Ornithomimus velox*, meaning that the ornithomimid in *Saurian* is based on the ornithomimid from the Lance Formation and will remain unnamed until a formal analysis of ornithomimid fossils from the Hell Creek Formation is published.

## In *Saurian*

The Hell Creek Ornithomimid is in *Saurian*. It is portrayed with feathers covering the majority of its body, except for some bare skin on the underneath of its' tail and the legs. Its colors include black, tan, white, and brown on its feathers, and grey on its skin. In the game, they live in big flocks, making them one of the most group-living animal currently in *Saurian*, as *Anatosaurus* and *Triceratops* live in medium to large sized herds, DePalma's Ornithuran can make flocks and *Pachycephalosaurus* and *Thescelosaurus* can often spawn in pairs. A flock of ornithomimids contains from four to ten individuals, but more can be found together with ease. They are the fastest animals on land, in the game. Currently, the ornithomimids do not display sexual dimorphism or ontogeny.

### *Dakotaraptor* gameplay

For a *Dakotaraptor*, it can only be killed as a subadult or an adult, but even then they are quite hard to take down, as they have a considerable amount of stamina, and they have high health points, making them challenging to kill without RPR. Once a flock of ornithomimids sees a very dangerous predator, possibly including the player, the flock may disperse and run to evade the danger. However, if the predator is not a threat to the combined strength of the ornithomimid flock, they often gang up to take it down or chase it away.

### *Triceratops* gameplay

Ornithomimids are usually harmless creatures for *Triceratops*, though they may make warning calls if they feel threatened. Accidental trampling may lead to conflict between the two species. Ornithomimids can be easily killed starting by the juvenile/subadult stage.

## Behind the scenes

The Ornithomimid was designed by RJ "Arvalis" Palmer and Chris Masnaghetti.

The developers used the fossil material published in the study "A densely feathered ornithomimid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada" to design the ornithomimid and had access to the material before the study was published.

This dinosaur was once considered as one of the bonus playables. In a poll for a future playable omnivore, it lost to the only competitor, *Anzu*.

## Gallery

#### Photos

Male, female, and juvenile conceptOrnithomimid modelOrnithomimid feather design sheetCranial design sheetJuvenile concept artFemale concept artAdult *Dakotaraptor* with a ornithomimid carcassOrnithomimid as it is shown in the game's encyclopaedia