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sharp-clawed runner
Harpymimus
Say it like this: “HAR-pi-MIEM-us”
Harpymimus okladnikovi
Harpymimus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1984 · Barsbold, R.; Perle, A.
- Hip height
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 147 kg · 324 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Khuren Dukh
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ornithomimosauria
The story in short
The genus Harpymimus dates to 1984, the year R. Barsbold and A. Perle described it. The name means “harpy mimic.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Khuren Dukh Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Harpymimus at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.8 m high, and a body mass around 147 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ornithomimosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.