Thescelosaurus

    Thescelosaurus

    The Marvelous Lizard, Cautious, Balanced, Ornery?

    Thescelosaurus
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    You are in the floodplains of North America, 68 million years ago.

    While you were trekking through the dense, swampy forests of the late Cretaceous, you hear rustling in the ferns that broke the silence, causing you to freeze.

    You thought it was a small predatory dinosaur like an Archeroraptor, a Dakotaraptor or a Nanotyrannus stalking you. But when the thing emerged from the undergrowth and revealed itself, you were surprised. It was not what you were expecting.

    It was a medium-sized, bipedal dinosaur roughly the size of a large dog, heavily built but not as slender as a gazelle. It moves on two sturdy legs, utilizing its long tail for balance and it has a sharp beak with a pointed snout, designed for snipping plants. It too froze upon noticing you, regarding you with sharp, intelligent eyes, its bony eyebrow ridges giving it a stern look.