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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Ornithomimoides
Say it like this: “or-NITH-o-mie-MOI-deez”
Ornithomimoides mobilis
Ornithomimoides ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1933 · Huene, F. V.; Matley, C. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 6.2–9 m · 20–30 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- India · Lameta
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauroidea
The story in short
In 1933, F. V. Huene and C. A. Matley published the name Ornithomimoides. The name means “bird mimic-like.”
Fossils referred to Ornithomimoides date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Lameta Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Ornithomimoides at a length near 6.2–9 m.
On the family tree it sits in Abelisauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.