Garudimimus

DV-0272

Lived: 94 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Length: about 4.7 m (15 ft)
Group: Theropods, Deinocheiridae
Found in: Mongolia
Named by: Barsbold 1981

Field notes

About Garudimimus

Garudimimus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Deinocheiridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Garudimimus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baynshire Formation. It was named by Barsbold in 1981.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

90 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Garudimimus?

Garudimimus: about 4.7 m (15 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Deinocheiridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Barsbold. 1981. Bezzubyye khishchnyye dinozavry Mongolii [Toothless carnivorous dinosaurs of Mongolia]. Sovmestnaia Sovetsko-Mongol’skaia Paleontologicheskaia Ekspeditsiia Trudy 15:28-39