Ornithomimus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Texas, Wyoming and Saskatchewan (Canada).
Quick facts about Ornithomimus:
- Existed from 83.6 million years ago to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a coastal
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Had a body mass of approximately 440 kg
- 34 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Ornithomimus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. J. van der Reest, A. P. Wolfe, and P. J. Currie. 2016. A densely feathered ornithomimid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 58:108-117
- C. M. Sternberg. 1924. Report on a collection of vertebrates from Wood Mountain, southern Saskatchewan, collected by C. M. Sternberg, 1921. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 38(43):27-28
- D. A. Russell. 1972. Ostrich dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous of western Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 9:375-402
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