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Limusaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic, around 161 to 157 million years ago. The only species, Limusaurus inextricabilis, was described in 2009 from specimens found in the Upper Shishugou Formation in the Junggar Basin. Limusaurus was a small, slender animal, about 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) in length and 15 kg (33 lb) in weight, with a long neck and legs but small forelimbs. It underwent a drastic morphological transformation as it aged: while juveniles were toothed, the teeth were completely lost and replaced by a beak. This probably corresponded to a dietary shift from omnivory to herbivory. Since many specimens were found together, it is possible Limusaurus lived in groups. As referenced in its genus name, which means "mud lizard", specimens of Limusaurus appear to have been mired in mud pits created by the footprints of giant sauropod dinosaurs. (Full article...)
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Hi FunkMonk, Jens Lallensack and Lythronaxargestes and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:41, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, looks all good to me! --Jens Lallensack (talk) 12:15, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Seems to be hitting all the right points. I wonder if the part about the mud should also state that's what the name is derived from, but otherwise good. FunkMonk (talk) 12:23, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- FunkMonk, that would be nice: you have nine characters to play with.
Gog the Mild (talk) 12:30, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- FunkMonk, that would be nice: you have nine characters to play with.
- Seems to be hitting all the right points. I wonder if the part about the mud should also state that's what the name is derived from, but otherwise good. FunkMonk (talk) 12:23, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Nice work. 925-1,025 characters, including spaces and the "Full article" bit. Hard limits. You need to lose 13 characters and you are there. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:11, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- What about this now? That one sentence I deleted was a bit too general/did not convey much. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 13:45, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Heh, I was just about to shorten that sentence to "Several features were convergently similar to the later ornithomimids as well as the earlier shuvosaurids". FunkMonk (talk) 13:50, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry. Does that sentence still fit in? I like the idea with referring to the meaning of the name, but I think then we should also say what the name means, otherwise it might be not clear! --Jens Lallensack (talk) 14:03, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Heh, I was just about to shorten that sentence to "Several features were convergently similar to the later ornithomimids as well as the earlier shuvosaurids". FunkMonk (talk) 13:50, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- What about this now? That one sentence I deleted was a bit too general/did not convey much. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 13:45, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Nice work. 925-1,025 characters, including spaces and the "Full article" bit. Hard limits. You need to lose 13 characters and you are there. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:11, 9 December 2020 (UTC)