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Aepyornithomimus

Aepyornithomimus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Metatarsals of MPC-D 100/130
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Ornithomimosauria
Family: Ornithomimidae
Genus: Aepyornithomimus
Chinzorig et al., 2017
Type species
Aepyornithomimus tugrikinensis
Chinzorig et al., 2017

Aepyornithomimus (meaning "Aepyornis mimic") is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation in Mongolia. It lived in the Campanian, around 75 million years ago, when the area is thought to have been a desert. The type and only species is A. tugrikinensis.


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