Ornithomimus

Ornithomimus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous 75–65.5 mya
Display at the Royal Ontario Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Infraorder:	Coelurosauria
Family:	Ornithomimidae
Genus:	Ornithomimus

Ornithomimus was a lightly built fast-running North American feathered dinosaur.

Ornithomimus had three toes on each foot, long arms and neck, but a small head. It also had claws on each hand and foot. It had no teeth and weak jaws, which might mean it was omnivorous.

Ornithomimus edmonticus was the largest species, 12 ft (3.5 meters) long, 7 feet (2.10 meters) high and weighed about 100-150 kg. It walked on two legs and looked slightly like an ostrich, except for its long tail.

There has been trouble with naming. Some speciments are put in other genera, like Dromiceiomimus and Struthiomimus.^[1]

1. ↑ Claessens L; Loewen M. and Lavender Z. 2011. A re-evaluation of the genus Ornithomimus based on new preparation of the holotype of O. velox and new fossil discoveries. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2011, pp. 90.