Genus
Valid Extinct

Timimus

Rich and Vickers-Rich 1994

Timimus is a genus of small coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. It was originally identified as an ornithomimosaur, but now it is thought to be a different kind of theropod, possibly a tyrannosauroid.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Timimus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
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Timimus Genus
Measurements
Length
4,3 m ⓘ
Timimus hermani
Mass
200 kg ⓘ
Timimus hermani
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
2
Geological formations
Eumeralla
1
Griman Creek
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Timimus hermani 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1994. Neoceratopsians and ornithomimosaurs: dinosaurs of Gondwana origin?. National Geographic Research and Exploration 10(1):129-131
Bibliography (2)
E. T. Smith. 2009. Terrestrial and Freshwater Turtles of Early Cretaceous Australia. DOI ↗
T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1994. Neoceratopsians and ornithomimosaurs: dinosaurs of Gondwana origin?. National Geographic Research and Exploration 10(1):129-131