Avimimus

Avimimus

Pronunciation:
ah-vee-MEEM-us
Name meaning:
'bird mimic'
Avimimus
small theropod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
small theropod
Length:
1.5m
Diet:
omnivorous omnivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 80-75 million years ago
Found in:
China, Mongolia

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Oviraptorosauria, Avimimidae
Named by:
Kurzanov (1981)
Type species:
portentosus

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