Timimus

Say it like this: “ti-MIEM-us”

Timimus hermani

Timimus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Named in: 1994 · Rich, T. H.; Vickers-Rich, P.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 2.5–4.3 m · 8–14 ft
Weight: 200 kg · 441 lb
Found in: Australia · Eumeralla
Food and walking: Carnivore · Two legs
Kind: sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch: Coelurosauria

The story in short

In 1994, T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich published the name Timimus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Timimus date to the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Eumeralla Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Timimus at a length near 2.5–4.3 m and a body mass around 200 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Coelurosauria, among the theropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Aniksosaurus

Aniksosaurus darwini

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago

Aratasaurus

Aratasaurus museunacionali

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago

Bicentenaria

Bicentenaria argentina

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago