Kinnareemimus kihnuhree-MⱭːEEMUHS

"Kinnaree mimic"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kinnareemimus 1.8 m (5.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Asia · Thailand
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Kinnareemimus reconstruction by Renata Cunha, Marcos A. F. Sales, Marcel B. Lacerda, Bruno L. D. Horn, Isabel A.
Reconstruction · Renata Cunha, Marcos A. F. Sales, Marcel B. Lacerda, Bruno L. D. Horn, Isabel A. (CC-BY)

Kinnareemimus (, meaning “Kinnaree mimic”, after a figure from Thai folklore) is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur that was discovered in the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation in what is now Thailand. The genus contains only the type species, K. khonkaenensis. The specific epithet is after Khon Kaen Province, which is in northeastern Thailand, where the remains of the animal were discovered.

What we know

  • Named by Buffetaut et al., 2009.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.8 m.
  • Fossils found in Asia and Thailand.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Kinnareemimus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.