Pelecanimimus

DV-0373

Lived: 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Length: about 2.5 m (8 ft)
Group: Theropods
Found in: Spain
Named by: Pérez-Moreno et al. 1994

Field notes

About Pelecanimimus

Pelecanimimus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pelecanimimus, from Spain. Its fossils come from the La Huérguina Formation. It was named by Pérez-Moreno et al. in 1994.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Pelecanimimus?

Pelecanimimus: about 2.5 m (8 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Concavenatortheropod

Close relatives

Other members of Ornithomimosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: B. P. Pérez-Moreno, J. L. Sanz, and A. D. Buscalioni, J. J. Moratalla, F. Ortega, D. Rasskin-Gutman. 1994. A unique multitoothed ornithomimosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Nature 370:363-367