. yornlthopods X stegosaurs ceratopsians ankylc Primitive reptiles losaurs y The small theropod dinosaur Ornitholestes, represented in the act of catching the first known bird, Archaeopteryx. Its food probably consisted mostly, however, of other small reptiles, eggs, insects, and the like. Ornitholestes preserved many of the features of the ancestral dinosaurs. From animals similar to this the great carnivores and sauro- pods evolved Restoration by Charles R. Knight

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