Aepyornithomimus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Aepyornithomimus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- 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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Aepyornithomimus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.