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The tropical forests of Early Eocene Wyoming were home to an extremely diverse community of animals, many of which were beginning to experiment with novel evolutionary pathways. One example of said novelty were the Casuarimimids: a family of derived, highly cursorial Ornithomimosaurs with reduced forelimbs. Descended from Ornithomimus-like ancestors that survived the End-Maastrichtian extinction event, these dinosaurs presumably lived like the Cassowarys of Our Earth; sprinting through dense, tropical forests and feeding on fruits, leaves, small animals and carrion. Quite why Casuarimimids developed their trademark shortened forelimbs is unknown, but it may have something to do with a shift towards a more faunivorous diet. As for Favodromeus itself, this 5m long highly cursorial omnivore was discovered in the Early Eocene deposits (55.8-50.3 mya) of the Wasatch Formation in Wyoming. Whether this animal was as aggressive and territorial as some of the large, flightless Paleognaths of Our Earth is not known, but it certainly would have used its speed to outpace potential predators, including the Dromaeosaur Torvonychus and the Tyrannosaur Dynamotyrannus.

Description
Created by Sheather888.

The tropical forests of Early Eocene Wyoming were home to an extremely diverse community of animals, many of which were beginning to experiment with novel evolutionary pathways. One example of said novelty were the Casuarimimids: a family of derived, highly cursorial Ornithomimosaurs with reduced forelimbs. Descended from Ornithomimus-like ancestors that survived the End-Maastrichtian extinction event, these dinosaurs presumably lived like the Cassowarys of Our Earth; sprinting through dense, tropical forests and feeding on fruits, leaves, small animals and carrion. Quite why Casuarimimids developed their trademark shortened forelimbs is unknown, but it may have something to do with a shift towards a more faunivorous diet. As for Favodromeus itself, this 5m long highly cursorial omnivore was discovered in the Early Eocene deposits (55.8-50.3 mya) of the Wasatch Formation in Wyoming. Whether this animal was as aggressive and territorial as some of the large, flightless Paleognaths of Our Earth is not known, but it certainly would have used its speed to outpace potential predators, including the Dromaeosaur Torvonychus and the Tyrannosaur Dynamotyrannus.