Harpymimus
Field photograph to come
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
105 million years ago
To scale
How big was Harpymimus?
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