Aepyornithomimus Aepyornithomimus

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Aepyornithomimus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Ornithomimidae

Aepyornithomimus (meaning “Aepyornis mimic”) is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Djadochta Formation of Mongolia. It lived in the Campanian, around 75 million years ago, when the area is thought to have been a desert. The type and only species is A. tugrikinensis.

What we know

  • Named by Chinzorig et al., 2017.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.