Genus
Valid Extinct

Sinornithomimus

Kobayashi and Lü 2003
Etymology Qui imite l'oiseau chinois

Sinornithomimus is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous Ulansuhai Formation of Alshanzuo Banner, Inner Mongolia, northern China. The first remains were found in 1997 and described six years later in 2003 as the new genus and species Sinornithomimus dongi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore, omnivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Sinornithomimus
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Sinornithomimus specimen © Carpenter, Kenneth · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Sinornithomimus Genus
Measurements
Length
3,75 m ⓘ
Sinornithomimus dongi 
Mass
150 kg ⓘ
Sinornithomimus dongi 
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Ulansuhai
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Sinornithomimus dongi 94 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Y. Kobayashi and J. Lü. 2003. A new ornithomimid dinosaur with gregarious habits from the Late Cretaceous of China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(2):235-259
Bibliography (1)
Y. Kobayashi and J. Lü. 2003. A new ornithomimid dinosaur with gregarious habits from the Late Cretaceous of China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(2):235-259