Aepyornithomimus
Field photograph to come
Aepyornithomimus
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- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Ornithomimidae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Chinzorig et al. 2017
Field notes
About Aepyornithomimus
Aepyornithomimus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ornithomimidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Aepyornithomimus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Djadokhta Formation. It was named by Chinzorig et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ornithomimidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. Chinzorig, Y. Kobayashi, and K. Tsogtbaatar, P. J. Currie, M. Watabe, R. Barsbold. 2017. First ornithomimid (Theropoda, Ornithomimosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation of Tögrögiin Shiree, Mongolia. Scientific Reports 7(1):5835:1-14