Kinnareemimus

Kinnareemimus (, meaning "Kinnaree mimic", after a figure from Thai folklore) is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur that was discovered in the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation in what is now Thailand. The genus contains only the type species, K. khonkaenensis. The specific epithet is after Khon Kaen Province, which is in northeastern Thailand, where the remains of the animal were discovered.

==Discovery and naming== thumb|left|One of the tourist sites in Thailand that displays fossils unearthed in the country (Phu Wiang 9) thumb|right|Diagrams of the metatarsals of several ornithomimosaurs, displaying the arctometatarsalian condition Ornithomimosaur body fossils and ichnofossils were reported in Thailand's Khorat Plateau as early as 1997 in a publication by Eric Buffetaut and colleagues. At the time, only two dinosaur genera, Siamotyrannus and Phuwiangosaurus had been named from the country. Their report included a drawing of the metatarsals of an ornithomimosaur which had been uncovered at a locality called "Phu Wiang 5". These metatarsals clearly showed the derived arctometatasalian condition, similar to the ornithomimosaurs known from Laramidia. However, this specimen was not identified by any name other than the "Thai ornithomimosaur".