Avimimus Kurzanov 1981 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: S. M. Kurzanov. 1981. O neobuchnykh teropodakh iz verkhnego mela MNR [An unusual theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Fossil Reptiles of Mongolia. Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya, Trudy [The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Transactions] 24:39-50

Parent taxon: Oviraptorosauria according to G. F. Funston 2020

See also Balanoff et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Chatterjee 1991, Currie 2000, Eberth et al. 2001, Fanti et al. 2012, Funston et al. 2018, Holtz 1994, Holtz 1995, Kurzanov 1981, Lamanna et al. 2014, Longrich et al. 2013, Longrich et al. 2010, Lü et al. 2015, Lü et al. 2004, Lü and Zhang 2005, Maryanska et al. 2002, Osmólska et al. 2004, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Thulborn 1984, Tsuihiji et al. 2017, Turner et al. 2009, Xu and Han 2010 and Yao et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Avimimidae, Caenagnathidae, Caenagnathoidea, Caudipterygidae, Caudipteryx, Incisivosaurus, Ingeniidae, Ningyuansaurus, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptoroidea, Protarchaeopteryx, Saurexallopus

Subtaxa: Avimimus nemegtensis Avimimus portentosus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Mongolia (7)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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