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Pelicanimimus
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Pelicanimimus had more than 200 very small fine teeth. The holotype (the defining fossil of this dinosaur) is well preserved, with a visible throat pouch.
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- Pronounced
- pel-e-kan-i-mim-us
- Meaning of name
- pelican mimic
- Length
- 2m - 2.5m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(127 - 121 million years ago) - Found in
- Spain
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Ornithomimosauria, Pelicanimimus
- Named by
- Pérez-Moreno, Sanz, Buscalioni, Moratalla, Ortega and Rasskin-Gutman (1994)
- Type species
- polyodon