Pelecanimimus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Restoration of P. polyodon | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Ornithomimosauria |
Clade: | †Macrocheiriformes |
Genus: | †Pelecanimimus Perez-Moreno et al., 1994 |
Species: | †P. polyodon
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Binomial name | |
†Pelecanimimus polyodon Perez-Moreno et al., 1994
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Pelecanimimus (meaning "pelican mimic") is an extinct genus of basal ("primitive") ornithomimosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. It is notable for possessing more teeth than any other member of the Ornithomimosauria (or any other theropod), most of which were toothless.