Ornithomimipus angustus Sternberg 1926 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Ornithomimipodidae

Alternative combinations: Ornithomimipus angulatus, Ornithomimus angustus

Full reference: C. M. Sternberg. 1926. Dinosaur tracks from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 44(46):85-87

Belongs to Ornithomimipus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Gangloff et al. 2004, Harington et al. 2005, Haubold 1974, Hay 1930, Huene 1927, Jaillard et al. 1993, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lockley et al. 2011, Russell 1930, Russell 1933, Sternberg 1926, Sternberg 1932, Thulborn 1990, Thulborn and Wade 1984, Weems and Bachman 2015 and Welles 1971

Sister taxa: Ornithomimipus gracilis, Ornithomimipus jaillardi, Ornithomimipus yuanmuensis

Type specimen: NMC 8513, a footprint. Its type locality is Rumsey tracksite, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (3: Colorado, Virginia)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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