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Archaeornithomimus

Archaeornithomimus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Archaeornithomimus asiaticus skeleton mounted at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Ornithomimosauria
Family: Ornithomimidae
Genus: Archaeornithomimus
Russell, 1972
Species:
A. asiaticus
Binomial name
Archaeornithomimus asiaticus
(Gilmore, 1933)
[originally Ornithomimus 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.


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