Archaeornithomimus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Archaeornithomimus asiaticus skeleton mounted at the Paleozoological Museum of China. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Ornithomimosauria |
Family: | †Ornithomimidae |
Genus: | †Archaeornithomimus Russell, 1972 |
Species: | †A. asiaticus
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Binomial name | |
†Archaeornithomimus asiaticus |
Archaeornithomimus (meaning "ancient bird mimic") is a genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period, around 96 million years ago in the Iren Dabasu Formation.