Kinnareemimus kihnuhree-MⱭːEEMUHS
"Kinnaree mimic"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kinnareemimus 1.8 m (5.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · Thailand
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.