Archaeornithomimus Archaeornithomimus
"ancient bird mimic"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Archaeornithomimus 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 3.4 m (11.2 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (96 Mya)
- Place
- China · Mongolia
- Food
- Omnivore
- Clade
- Ornithomimidae
Archaeornithomimus (meaning “ancient bird mimic”) is a genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (around 96 million years ago) in the Iren Dabasu Formation of Inner Mongolia, China.
What we know
- Named by (Gilmore, 1933)[originally Ornithomimus asiaticus].
- Body length estimated at about 3.4 m.
- Fossils found in China and Mongolia.