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sharp-clawed runner
Tototlmimus
Tototlmimus packardensis
Tototlmimus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mexico.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2016 · Serrano-Brañas, C. I.; Torres-Rodríguez, E.; Reyes-Luna, P. C.; González-Ramírez, I.; González-León, C.
- Hip height
- 0.7 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2.5 m · 8 ft
- Weight
- 35 kg · 77 lb
- Found in
- Mexico · Packard Shale
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Ornithomimidae
The story in short
Tototlmimus was formally named in 2016 by C. I. Serrano-Brañas and colleagues. The name means “bird mimic.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mexico, including the Packard Shale Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Tototlmimus at a length near 2.5 m, hips about 0.7 m high, and a body mass around 35 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ornithomimidae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aepyornithomimus
Aepyornithomimus tugrikinensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anserimimus
Anserimimus planinychus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Archaeornithomimus
Archaeornithomimus asiaticus
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 89.8 to 72.2 million years ago