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Ornithomimidae

Tototlmimus packardensis

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tototlmimus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tototlmimus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72 Mya)
Place
Mexico
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Ornithomimidae

Tototlmimus is an extinct genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Packard Formation of Sonora, Mexico. Its type species is Tototlmimus packardensis, representing the first ornithomimosaur formally described from this country.

What we know

  • Named by Serrano-Brañas et al., 2016.
  • Fossils found in Mexico.

What we guess

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