Ornithomimoides
Extinct genus of dinosaurs
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Ornithomimoides ("bird mimic-like") is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur, from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage, sometime between 70 and 66 mya) Lameta Formation of India.[1] Two species have been identified, the type species O. mobilis and O. barasimlensis, were named by von Huene in 1932[2] and were described by Matley in 1933[3] though they are known only from isolated vertebrae. O. barasimlensis is known from five dorsal vertebrae, and O. mobilis from four smaller vertebrae, found at the same location.
| Ornithomimoides Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Illustration of a partial vertebra of O. mobilis, specimen K20/610 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Genus: | †Ornithomimoides Huene, 1932 vide Huene and Matley, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| †Ornithomimoides mobilis von Huene and Matley, 1933 | |
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It is possible that, based on three reviews, published in 1999, 2004 and 2024 respectively, Ornithomimoides may have been an abelisaur, which may have measured between 6.2 metres (20 ft) and 9 metres (30 ft) in length.[4][5][6]
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