Ornithomimidae

Ornithomimids
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,[1] 96–66 Ma
Ornithomimus specimen found in 1995 with quill knobs, Royal Tyrrell Museum.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Ornithomimosauria
Superfamily: Ornithomimoidea
Family: Ornithomimidae
Marsh, 1890
Type species
Ornithomimus velox
Marsh, 1890
Subgroups[3]
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Ornithomimidae (meaning "bird-mimics") is an extinct family of theropod dinosaurs which bore a superficial resemblance to modern ostriches. Ornithomimids were fast, omnivorous or herbivorous dinosaurs known mainly from the Late Cretaceous Period of Laurasia (now Asia and North America), though they have also been reported from the Lower Cretaceous Wonthaggi Formation of Australia.[4]

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  2. ^ Xu, L.; Kobayashi, Y.; Lü, J.; Lee, Y. N.; Liu, Y.; Tanaka, K.; Zhang, X.; Jia, S.; Zhang, J. (2011). "A new ornithomimid dinosaur with North American affinities from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Henan Province of China". Cretaceous Research. 32 (2): 213. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.12.004.
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  4. ^ T. H. Rich; P. Vickers-Rich (1994). "Digs at Dinosaur Cove and Flat Rocks 1994". Excavation Report: Dinosaur Cove 1993-1994 & Inverloch 1994. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.148282.