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Ornithomimidae
| Description | Ornithomimidae (meaning "bird-mimics") is a group of theropod dinosaurs which bore a superficial resemblance to modern ostriches. They were fast, omnivorous or herbivorous dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period of Laurasia (now Asia and North America), though they have also been reported from the Wonthaggi Formation of Australia. The group first appeared in the Early Cretaceous. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithomimidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Ornithomimidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ornithomimidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Ornithomimid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithomimidae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anserimimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archaeornithomimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Arkansaurus ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Coelosaurus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Elaphrosaurus ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Gallimimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hopiichnus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ornithomimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Qiupalong genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sinornithomimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Struthiomimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Timimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tototlmimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Ornithomomidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Ornithomomidae |
References
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
