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Deinocheiridae

Tyrannomimus fukuiensis

"tyrant mimic"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tyrannomimus 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 Tyrannomimus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Japan
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Deinocheiridae

Tyrannomimus (meaning “tyrant mimic”) is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian age) Kitadani Formation of Japan. The type species is Tyrannomimus fukuiensis.

What we know

  • Named by Hattori et al., 2023.
  • Fossils found in Japan.

What we guess

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