Dromiceiomimus
Sign in to saveDromiceiomimus is a genus of ornithomimid theropod from the Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada. The type species, D. brevitertius, is considered a synonym of Ornithomimus edmontonicus by some authors, while others consider it a distinct and valid taxon. It was a small ornithomimid that weighed about .
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Vinony files it under Dinosaur genera, Dinosaurs of Canada and Fossil taxa described in 1972.
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Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Ornithomimidae
- Image
- Dromiceiomimus BW.jpg
- Length
- 3.5
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- start time
- 73500000-0
- end time
- 68500000-0
- taxon common name
- 似鳥龍屬
- Commons category
- Dromiceiomimus
- taxon name
- Dromiceiomimus
- taxon rank
- genus
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Canada
- main food source
- omnivore
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
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Dromiceiomimus is a genus of ornithomimid theropod from the Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada. The type species, D. brevitertius, is considered a synonym of Ornithomimus edmontonicus by some authors, while others consider it a distinct and valid taxon. It was a small ornithomimid that weighed about .
==Taxonomy== thumb|left|Skeleton at Canadian Museum of Nature thumb|left|Size comparison of UALVP 16182 The type species, D. brevitertius was originally described as a species of Struthiomimus by William Parks in 1926 on the basis of a partial postcranium, ROM 797, from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada.
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