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sharp-clawed runner
Garudimimus
Say it like this: “gah-ROOD-i-MIEM-us”
Garudimimus brevipes
Garudimimus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 93.9 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1981 · Barsbold, R.
- Hip height
- 1.1 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 3.5 m · 11 ft
- Weight
- 77–98 kg · 170–216 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Bayanshiree
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Deinocheiridae
The story in short
In 1981, R. Barsbold published the name Garudimimus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian · Santonian), roughly 93.9 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Bayanshiree Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Garudimimus at a length near 3.5 m, hips about 1.1 m high, and a body mass around 77–98 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Deinocheiridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.