Harpymimus

Field photograph to come

DV-0295Khuren Dukh Fm., Mongolia

Harpymimus

DV-0295

Lived
110 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Length
about 2 m (7 ft)
Group
Theropods, Deinocheiridae
Found in
Mongolia
Named by
Barsbold and Perle 1984

Field notes

About Harpymimus

Harpymimus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 110 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Deinocheiridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Harpymimus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Khuren Dukh Formation. It was named by Barsbold and Perle in 1984.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

105 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Harpymimus?

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Harpymimus: about 2 m (7 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 and A. Perle. 1984. The first record of a primitive ornithomimosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 1984(2):118-120