Ornithotarsus was a herbivore. It lived in the Late Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as New Jersey (United States).

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Ornithotarsus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • L. Woolman. 1897. Bone of a dinosaur, an immense reptile, associated with ammonites and other molluscan fossils in Cretaceous (Matawan) clay marls, at Merchantville, N.J. New Jersey Survey Annual Report for 1896
  • E. D. Cope. 1869. On some reptilian remains. The American Journal of Science, series 2 48:278