Avimimus
Avimimus (/ˌeɪvɪˈmaɪməs/ AY-vim-EYE-məs), meaning "bird mimic" (Latin avis = bird + mimus = mimic), is a genus of oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur, named for its bird-like characteristics, that lived in the late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia, around 85 to 70 million years ago.
| Avimimus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Reconstructed skeleton cast | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Pennaraptora |
| Clade: | †Oviraptorosauria |
| Family: | †Avimimidae Kurzanov, 1981 |
| Genus: | †Avimimus Kurzanov, 1981 |
| Type species | |
| †Avimimus portentosus Kurzanov, 1981 | |
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