Genus
Valid Extinct

Archaeornithomimus

Russell 1972

Archaeornithomimus is a genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in the Iren Dabasu Formation of Inner Mongolia, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore, omnivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Archaeornithomimus
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Mounted specimen of Archaeornithomimus asiaticus on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. © User:Captmondo · Copyrighted free use · Wikimedia
Archaeornithomimus
Archaeornithomimus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Ornithomimosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithomimidae Family
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Archaeornithomimus Genus
Measurements
Length
3,5 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
1
Geological formations
Iren Dabasu
2
Dabrazhin
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Archaeornithomimus asiaticus 90 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
D. A. Russell. 1972. Ostrich dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous of western Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 9:375-402 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
D. A. Russell. 1972. Ostrich dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous of western Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 9:375-402 DOI ↗
A. N. Riabinin. 1938. Some results of the studies of the Upper Cretaceous dinosaurian fauna from the vicinity of the station Sary-Agach, South Kazakhstan. Problems of Paleontology 4:125-135
C. W. Gilmore. 1933. On the dinosaurian fauna of the Iren Dabasu Formation. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 68(2-3):23-78