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Gallusaur
Gallusaur
Scientific name
Gallusaurus prima
Diet
Unknown
Creature type
Compsognathid Dinosaur
Deaths caused
TBA
Episode appearances
"Bylaw" (computer screen only)


The gallusaur is labeled as a favorite meal for Nykoraptors by Malcolm Wallace. They are commonly labeled as a "prehistoric turkey".

In Terra Nova[]

In "Bylaw", meat from a gallusaur is used to lure a Nykoraptor into a shed in order to kill a soldier called Ken Foster. DNA analysis later reveals the meat to be from a gallusaur.

Ecology[]

It is commonly preyed upon by Nykoraptor.

Trivia[]

  • The holographic screen reveals the gallusaur's scientific name: Gallusaurus prima, as well as its phylogenetic classification: Compsognathidae.
    Gallusaur Info

    Hologram of the gallusaur, displaying scientific name and classification in the family Compsognathidae.

  • It was feathered like many other small dinosaurs.
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