Garudimimus
"Garuda mimic"
- Length
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (96–89 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · Mongolia
- Food
- Omnivore
- Clade
- Deinocheiridae
Garudimimus (meaning “Garuda mimic”) is a genus of ornithomimosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous. The genus is known from a single specimen found in 1981 by a Soviet-Mongolian paleontological expedition in the Bayanshiree Formation and formally described in the same year by Rinchen Barsbold; the only species is Garudimimus brevipes. Several interpretations about the anatomical traits of Garudimimus were made in posterior examinations of the specimen, but most of them were criticized during its comprehensive redescription in 2005. Extensive undescribed ornithomimosaur remains at the type locality of Garudimimus may represent additional specimens of the genus.
The only known specimen of Garudimimus was a medium-sized animal measuring nearly 3.5 m in length and weighing about 77.3 – 98 kg.
What we know
- Named by Barsbold, 1981.
- Body length estimated at about 3.5 m.
- Fossils found in Asia and Mongolia.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Garudimimus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.