Aepyornithomimus
Aepyornithomimus (meaning "Aepyornis mimic") is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation in Mongolia. It lived in the Campanian, around 75 million years ago, when the area is thought to have been a desert. The type and only species is A. tugrikinensis.
| Aepyornithomimus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~ | |
|---|---|
| Metatarsals of MPC-D 100/130 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Ornithomimosauria |
| Family: | †Ornithomimidae |
| Genus: | †Aepyornithomimus Chinzorig et al., 2017 |
| Type species | |
| †Aepyornithomimus tugrikinensis Chinzorig et al., 2017 | |
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