Name:
Aepyornithomimus
(Aepyornis mimic).
Phonetic: Ay-pe-or-nif-o-my-mus.
Named By: C. Tsogtbaatar, Y. Kobayashi, T.
Khishigjav, P. J. Currie, M. Watabe & B.
Rinchen - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Ornithomimosauria, Ornithomimidae.
Species: O. tugrikinensis
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Mongolia - Djadokhta Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains on the foot.
Aepyornithomimus
is a genus of ornithomimosaurid
dinosaur that lived in Asia during the
late Cretaceous. Analysis of the foot of Aepyornithomimus
shows an
intermediate development between primitive and advanced
ornithomimosaurs.
Further reading
- First Ornithomimid (Theropoda, Ornithomimosauria) from the
Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation of T�gr�giin Shiree, Mongolia.
- Scientific Reports. 7: Article number 5835. - C.
Tsogtbaatar, Y. Kobayashi, T. Khishigjav, P. J. Currie,
M. Watabe & B. Rinchen - 2017.
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